num_pages: 4
description: Orphaned into cold charity at the hands of her rich cousins and, later, at Lowood Asylum, Jane escapes to take up a position as governess to the young ward of Mr. Rochester. Their love affair, Jane's discovery of Rochester's secret-hideously concealed in the attic of Thornfield Hall-and her desperate flight, are told in a drama of passionate intensity whose pace never slackens. Jane Eyre is a love story with a happy ending, rare in its time for its sympathetic portrayal of the love of a married man for another woman. It is, as Thackeray said, 'The masterwork of a great genius.'"
language: English
title: Jane Eyre
titlecomplete: Jane Eyre
characters: Diana Rivers, Helen Burns, Adèle Varens, Alice Fairfax, Bertha Mason, Mary Rivers, Georgiana Reed, Maria Temple, Robert Brocklehurst, Sarah Reed, Bessie Lee, St. John Rivers, Richard Mason, Edward Rochester, Rosamond Oliver, Jane Eyre, Blanche Ingram, Grace Poole, Eliza Reed
genres: Romance, Fiction, Literature, Historical Fiction, Novels, 19th Century, Historical, School, Gothic, Classics
ratings_count: 2025298
places: England, Thornfield Hall, United Kingdom
publisher: Penguin Global