Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1855-07-20
4 FEW WORDS ABOUT JANE EYRE.

lfc fol.oYir. particulars, obtained from private
ard sc believe authentic source, though Va Ito not
p! 20 ourselves 20 their accuracy, may not prove
Unacceptable 10 our readers.
a., me northern side o! ona Of the widest and
h,..;-., lnoors of Yorkshire, stands The little village
of iIaw0r,h. consisting OF II church and n few gray
s;on,. cottages One OF these. scarcely superior I"
IT, fellows, and Distinguished only by sort "i court
ward .Ir: oundcd by O low stone wall, and orcTgr"wn
win -rass (shrubs and flowers refusing 10 rcGet"'
IN -, unrenisi IN atmrsphere,) is the parsonage
The architecture ID Of the simplest dcscriptIoi-a
a,y;giit walk leads up 10 the front door, on either
side ni which appears window, that ol me stllhS
rou.,. looking into the churchyard, we'll filled with
g:ave>.or,s. On this parsonage, until within Gtc~
months since not touch OF paint, nor an article {"
WV furniture, had been expended tor thirty years.
the period which had elapsed since the death OF Miss
Brr!tc', mother. Some six OF seven years antece
dent "a that date. an Irish clergyman, the Kew.
ps.t TX B.urtr. then resident at Prnzance, capoused
you: lady, contrary 10 the wis he's OF her relations
who refused - hold any further intercourse with her
after her marriage Her husband, obtaining the per-
pclue curuCy Of liawurth, t""h hs BRIDE to his new
residence, where they spent the remainder OF their
G.vs, dying III rapid consumption utter the birth OF
her sixth child, Charlotte. Mr. Bron;e, who, though
advanced in wears is still alive, is described ~ man
Of s,udous aud solitary habits, ail "t singular anti
hi.iir eccentric tGrn Of mind, which, together with
p.clia- temper, must have rendered INN anything
tu suitable guardian To youthful family Nor can
- wonder az the nothc,'s Gy.ns exclamation, What
viii become OF my poor children :! EmSr"ssed by
his own pursuits the father never even diicd win
his family nor Taught them anything, and the chih
&. lrnracd 10 write and read from servants only
VIXEN Charlotte WINS twelve years old SHE cVen then
al IN uyirnal and Sel!-rcllant nnurr asked and OBJ
famed her fathers permission that her sisters an!
hy.Sci should 0c placed at the clergy sc""! az Cownl
8ti!.a. This. rs il then existed she has described
III" Iiic in Jane Eyre Two "i he7 sisters died "l
IL. fever which at one tins devastated the school;
~, Two offers and probably Charlotte herself, quit
Id il with the seeds OF consumption IN their constr
;u:iau "-ered by the cruel privatious they under
went. Ii.r food was horrible, and of it, bad a. 1t WAS
they obtained 40 little that often they were literally
hall starved. Frequently has she "crept under the
Table 10 pick mp the cruults others had dropped.
a; the time OF the fever the doctor examined the food
hcrnt some III his mouth, and hastily rejected IT,
protesting II was not iii for dogs. $50 hungry was
l., said Charlotte, THAT could have eaten what he
ttrsw away. The three survivors returned to IIa
worth with broken health: bu there fresh trnIs await.
I'll them. az n'nstecn. continued Charlotte, "A
should have been thankful for Il penny a week.
asked my father bu, lie said, "Whnt do women want
with money 7! SHE was yet only nineteen when sh,
advertised for and obtained situation "a teacher il;
school; not finding it turn IA she had honod OH,
waited until she had saved money enough 10 pny lrr
passage 10 Brussels, where she hni secured nos;,;or
ne school -eachcrshe started alone, never haviuu
previously quilted Yorkshire When she arrived IN
t.oadun il was night; she became alarmed, and no
xauwinr where Ia 20, aud fearing trust herself I,
strangers she ;ooS cab, drove t" the Tower stairs
hire u boat aud WAS conveyed to The Ost-nd packe,
At fra. The officer i'll command refused TO take he
on beard til the next morning, but ON learning he
d,solsla situation recalled his prohibitions In B:u.
s.. sh, remained two years; her experiences ther
are detailed in yiet;e." The character VI Adele
IN particular. is drawn from life. On her return s
fu:nd that the health Of her two remaining sistel
were declining, and that her fathers eyesiglt WI
becoming affected. aud she considered it her duty
rrrnain a: home. She tried various ways of increa
ing their income, but failed in all. Without me!
tiuur her project To her father. she wrote Jane Eyr
work u: which Messrs. Smith and Elder had til
cooi to perceive the merits, and were courage
OTIS eUoush to publish ii, i'll spite " its pccuaru
,vl"h might have alarmed any bur really spirte
Publisher. About three months after the appearance
Of her novel, and when its success long,
doubtful! Miss Brone resolved To screw up her cou
age and inform her father OF the step sine had take
Mr. i;ronte Ii appears, did not then JOIN his fa,n
e.. at u.cai .,:rs. AT dinner Charlotte ANNOYANCE
l.r Intention TO her rsiers, adding that She wou