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asdajdkajdkjakdIn her novel Jane Eyre, Charlotte Bronte give the account of Jane

Eyre's life, as narrated by herself. In 38 chapters, Jane Eyre reveals the details of her
life during different phases. The first phase describes her life at Gateshead-Hall
where she lived with her aunt Mrs Reed and faces humiliation from the members of
the Reed family.

The second phase of Jane's life begins at Lowood school where she is humiliated by
Mr brocklehurst. Also, she finds comfort in her friendship with Helen Burns who
unfortunately dies of consumption shortly. In the third phase of her life, Jane Eyre
goes to Thornfield Hall as a governess to a little girl named Adele who found Jane so
affectionate and understanding in her first meeting. There is established a life-long
friendship of affection between the two.

The next phase of Jane's life begins at Moor House where St John Rivers provide her
with food and shelter and later gives her a job as a teacher in a school. It is at Moor
house where Jane comes to know that Diana and Mary are her cousins and shares
her legacy of twenty thousand pounds left behind by John Rivers with them.

The final phase of her life begins when she goes to find Mr Rochester at Thornfield
and comes to know that Rochester lives a lonely life near the village of Ferndean
after losing his arm and eye sight in an attempt to save his wife. Reaching
Ferndean, Jane tells Rochester about herself and soon they get married. A son is
born to them and an expert eye surgeon restores the sight of Mr Rochester's one
eye and he is able to see again.

Charlotte Brontes novel, Jane Eyre is autobiographical in form, and as

such it is inevitably a sprawling narrative concerning ten years in the life of the
central character, Jane Eyre. it covers the different stages in the life of the heroine,
and apart from narrating the varied experiences of Jane Eyre, it contains a large
number of characters as the heroine naturally and inevitably comes into contact

with a large variety of persons in the course of her life. Jane Eyre and Mr. Rochester,
the heroine and hero in the novel, are the only two main characters and all other

characters are secondary characters who come and go as the story advances.

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