![]() ![]() Rochester, you must neither expect nor exact anything celestial of me - for you will not get it, any more than I shall get it of you: which I do not at all anticipate.” “I am not an angel, I asserted and I will not be one till I die: I will be myself. I am not talking to you now through the medium of custom, conventionalities, nor even of mortal flesh: it is my spirit that addresses your spirit just as if both had passed through the grave, and we stood at God’s feet, equal - as we are!” “Do you think I am an automaton? - a machine without feelings? and can bear to have my morsel of bread snatched from my lips, and my drop of living water dashed from my cup? Do you think, because I am poor, obscure, plain, and little, I am soulless and heartless? You think wrong! - I have as much soul as you - and full as much heart! And if God had gifted me with some beauty and much wealth, I should have made it as hard for you to leave me, as it is now for me to leave you. See also Jane Eyre: The 1943 Film Based on the Novel I have an inward treasure born with me, which can keep me alive if all extraneous delights should be withheld, or offered only at a price I cannot afford to give.” “I can live alone, if self-respect, and circumstances require me so to do. The more solitary, the more friendless, the more unsustained I am, the more I will respect myself.” You - poor and obscure, and small and plain as you are - I entreat to accept me as a husband.” “You - you strange - you almost unearthly thing! - I love as my own flesh. And I have a notion that I’d take to bleeding inwardly. And if you were to leave I’m afraid that cord of communion would snap. As if I had a string somewhere under my left ribs, tightly knotted to a similar string in you. “I have a strange feeling with regard to you. “I would always rather be happy than dignified.” “I am no bird and no net ensnares me: I am a free human being with an independent will.” “Jane, be still don’t struggle so like a wild, frantic bird, that is rending its own plumage in its desperation.” My very soul demands you: it will be satisfied, or it will take deadly vengeance on its frame.” The world may laugh - may call me absurd, selfish - but it does not signify. “I have little left in myself - I must have you. “I ask you to pass through life at my side - to be my second self, and best earthly companion.” Learn more in this excellent late 19th-century plot summary of Jane Eyre and also in this insightful analysis of Jane Eyre, both by Mary A. The latter was published only in 1857, two years after the author’s death.Ĭharlotte Brontë was also the author of Shirleyand Villette, and though both novels were highly respected, neither achieved the kind of devotion gained by Jane Eyre. It was Charlotte’s first published novel, though it was the second that she wrote - The Professor was her first. Though it was met with some controversy, Jane Eyre was also an instant success. ![]() ![]() Though Jane Eyre is considered a feminist work, it also fits into the genre of gothic novel because of the disturbing detail of Bertha, Rochester’s insane wife, being locked away in an attic. Rochester, who employed her as a governess for his ward) and the quest for independence and personal identity. The story touches on several themes - Jane’s desire for a sense of belonging after having grown up orphaned romantic love (in her case for the inscrutable Mr. The novel was unusual for its time, as an exploration of the inner world of the narrator. Jane Eyre was published in October, 1847 under Charlotte’s pen name, Currer Bell. The selected quotes from Jane Eyre that follow speak to the author’s sensibilities and strong opinions about the lot of women in an unforgiving world. ![]() Jane Eyre is considered a classic of English literature and the masterwork of Charlotte Brontë. ![]()
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