Summary of a Book —Jane Eyre

Jane Eyre ，protagonist in this novel , is an orphan as an infant . She lives with her aunt Sarah Reed after her parents passed away . Reed's family don't welcome her . She often suffers discrimination and abuse from them . After a big conflict with his brother, one of the cousins . She is sent to a Red Room , where her kind Uncle Reed died . The torture on body and spirit makes her very ill . She wants to reconcile with aunt Reed , but in vain . Later , she is sent to an orphanage , Lowood School.

The life in Lowood School is still tough .The rector, Mr. Brocklehu , in this orphanage is a hypocrite . Despite the difficult conditions at Lowood , Jane prefers school to life with the Reeds . Here she makes two new friends: Miss Temple and Helen Burns. From Miss Temple, Jane learns proper ladylike behavior and compassion; from Helen she gains a more spiritual focus . The poor conditions and stale food in Lowood make many students die , including Helen Burns, who dies in Jane's arms. She takes two years of teaching at Lowood after she graduates there . Being tired of living in orphanage . She finds a new job by advertisement . The employer , Mrs. Fairfax , the housekeeper at Thornfield, near Millcote, who is seeking a governess for a ten-year old girl. Jane accepts the it .

The new place is comfortable and she is welcome there . Nevertheless , life isn't peaceful yet . By occasion , She meets a man , Edward Fairfax Rochester, the owner of Thornfield, who is a dark-haired, moody man in his late thirties. Jane also discovers that Thornfield harbors a secret. From time to time, she hears strange, maniacal laughter coming from the third story .
With the frequently contacts , she gradually loves Rochester . One day , Jane is waken up from her dream by the horrible laughter . She discovers Rochester's room are on fire. She wakes him up and puts out the fire .

Rochester often hold party at home , he ever pursued Mrs Blanche Ingram , a beautiful lady. Of course , Jane is jealous for that . She found she does love Rocheste . In fact Rocheste loves her too . He just wonder whether Jane loves him too. When he courts Jane , Jane happily accepts his request .

Before the night of wedding , Jane sees a resentful woman is trying her wedding dress . The second day , when the wedding is on the half way , a man shows the evidence to prove their marriage is invalid . Because Rocheste's previous wife is alive . She is the lady ,who is insane , often makes maniacal laughter , has been locked in third story . After that Jane sneaks away in a bleak raining night . Hardship life tears her cruelly . Soon she meets St. John Rivers, a clergyman , they become friends . John offers her a job as schoolmistress for the poor girls in his parish at Morton.

One day, St. John learns that Jane has inherited 20,000 pounds from her uncle, John Eyre. Furthermore, she discovers that St. John's real name is St. John Eyre Rivers , so he , his sisters, and Jane are cousins. But John is enthusiastic religiosity . He wants Jane marries him and go to India with him for gospel . Jane doesn't promise him . She returns to Rochester .
When she comes back Thornfield ,everything is changed . The house is burnt , that insane woman died , Rochester is injured and becomes disability . But Jane marries him .They get their desirable life in the end .