Jane Eyre is an orphan, born into a poor priest's family. His parents died within a month of contracting typhoid fever. The young Jane was fostered in the house of her aunt and uncle. Uncle Mr. Reed is inAfter his death, Jane lived 10 years of discrimination and abuse. At one point, Jane was locked up for resisting a beating by her cousin. Physical pain and spiritual humiliation and fear made her seriously ill.
Her aunt regarded her as a thorn in her side and isolated her from her own children. Since then, her confrontation with her aunt has become more open and resolute. Later, Jane was sent to the Lowood Orphanage.
The orphanage has strict rules, life is hard, and the dean is a ruthless hypocrite. Jane continued to be mentally and physically tortured at the orphanage. Due to the poor living conditions, children in the orphanage often died of illness, and her best friend Helen Keller died in a big scrubtyphus . This time scrubtyphus also made a big improvement for the orphanage. Jane was educated in the new environment for six years and taught at the school for two years. With the departure of Miss Templer, Jane, tired of life in the orphanage, advertises for a career as a tutor.
The housekeeper of Thornfield Manor hired her. Rochester, the manor of the manor, often travels abroad. There is only one girl, Adela Vallon, who is less than 10 years old in the huge mansion. Rochester is her protector and she is Jane's student.
One evening, Jane went out for a walk and met the owner who had just returned from abroad. This was the first time they met. She later found out that her master was a melancholy, moody man with mixed attitudes towards her. The whole house was gloomy and empty, and sometimes a creepy, strange laugh could be heard.
One day, Jane was awakened by this kind of laughter in her sleep, and found that Rochester's room was on fire. Jane woke him and helped him put out the fire.
When Rochester returned, family dinners were often held. After courting a beautiful lady named Ingram at a family dinner , Jane is summoned into the drawing room, only to be treated coldly by Blanche's mother and daughter, who endures the humiliation and leaves the drawing room. By this time, she had fallen in love with Rochester. In fact, Rochester has also fallen in love with Jane, he just wants to test Jane's love for himself. When he proposed to Jane, Jane agreed.
On the eve of the wedding, Jane saw a woman with a repulsive countenance, disgusting appearance wearing her wedding dress in front of the mirror.
The next day, when the wedding was quietly taking place in the church, it was revealed that Mr. Rochester had been married 15 years ago. His wife turned out to be the crazy woman who was locked up in the secret room on the third floor. The law hinders their love, leaving the two in deep pain. Jane left Rochester on a stormy night. On the way to find a new way of life, Jian Fengfan sleeps in the rough, begging along the way, and goes through all kinds of hardships. Finally, he is taken in by Pastor St. John in Zedifang, where he teaches in a local primary school.
Soon, Jane learned that her uncle died and left her an estate, and also found out that St. John was her cousin, Jane decided to divide the property equally. St. John was a fanatical believer and planned to go to India as a missionary. He asked Jane to marry him and go to India with him. Jane rejected him and decided to go back to Rochester.
She returned to Thornfield Manor, the mansion in ruins, where the mad woman fell to her death after setting it on fire, and Rochester was maimed. Jane found him and married him, and got her ideal happy life.
