However, Jane finds a pious friend, Helen Burns, and a sympathetic teacher, Miss Temple. Brocklehurst, the students never have enough to eat or warm clothes. After this, nobody knows what to do with her, so they send her away to a religious boarding school for orphans-Lowood Institute.Īt Lowood, which is run by the hypocritical ogre Mr. (We wish we could’ve been there to hear it!) She’s punished by being locked in "the red room," the bedroom where her uncle died, and she has a hysterical fit when she thinks his ghost is appearing. At the tender age of ten, Jane rises up against this treatment and tells them all exactly what she thinks of them. Even the servants are constantly reminding Jane that she’s poor and worthless. Reed hates Jane and allows her son John to torment the girl. Like all nineteenth-century orphans, her situation pretty much sucks. Rochester, hides a dreadful secret that threatens Jane’s happiness.Jane Eyre is the story of a young, orphaned girl (shockingly, she’s named Jane Eyre) who lives with her aunt and cousins, the Reeds, at Gateshead Hall. Eventually Jane finds an employer that supports her but the shadowy and ominous Mr. It is also a glimpse into some historical aspects of England centuries ago and the antiquated notions that were held at the time.Ĭharlotte Bronte tells an amazing story about a woman who faces issues of respect in an era when women were not permitted to stand up to society. The book will take you way back to the days of bumpy carriage rides and class discrimination. Seen through Jane’s eyes, Lowood was only marginally better than Gateshead but at least she had friends there. The kind man advised Sarah Reed to send Jane off to boarding school and she was subsequently sent to Lowood. At one point, she thought that she could see his ghost and this so terrified the poor child that an apothecary had to be called in. This earned her a traumatic lock up in the room where her uncle died. One day John knocked her down and she tried to defend herself. Jane was excluded from all family activities and found solace only in her books and dolls. Sarah’s son John and Sarah’s two daughters also contributed to Jane’s torment. Her uncle was always kind to her but his wife, Sarah Reed was anything but. This story opens with Jane Eyre being shipped off to be cared for by her uncle Mr. This timeless novel highlights the abuse and neglect that the orphaned Jane Eyre faced while growing up.
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