Orphaned as an infant, Jane Eyre lives with her aunt, Sarah Reed.

Jane is ten years

old. She is an outsider in the Reed family. Her cousins, Georgiana and Eliza are
tolerate, but don't love her. Their brother, John, is more blatantly hostile to Jane.
Jane disowns her aunt.

Jane is sent to Lowood School, a charity institution for orphan girls, run by Mr.
Brocklehurst. A stingy and mean-hearted minister, Brocklehurst provides the
girls with starvation levels of food, freezing rooms, and poorly made clothing and
shoes. Despite the difficult conditions at Lowood, Jane prefers school to life with
the Reeds. When Jane turns eighteen, she becomes a teacher at Lowood. In two
years, Jane places at advertisement for a governess position in the local
newspaper. She receives only one reply, from a Mrs. Fairfax of Thornfield. She
seeks a governess for a ten-year old Adèle Varens.

So, Jane is working at Thornfield, One day Jane helps a horseman whose horse has
slipped on a patch of ice and fallen. Returning to Thornfield, Jane discovers that
this man is Edward Fairfax Rochester, the owner of Thornfield. He tells Jane about
Adèle's mother. Adèle is not his daughter, but he rescued the poor girl after her
mother abandoned her.

Jane also discovers that Thornfield harbors a secret. From time to time, she hears
strange, maniacal laughter coming from the third story. Mrs. Fairfax claims this is
just Grace Poole, an eccentric servant with a drinking problem.

One day Rochester leaves. Jane is miserable during his absence and realizes she is
falling in love with him. After a weeklong absence, he returns with a beautiful
Blanche Ingram. Jane jealously believes Rochester is pursing this accomplished,
dark-haired beauty.

Jane leaves Thornfield for a month to attend her aunt, who is on her deathbed.
Jane tries to create a reconciliation with her aunt, but the woman refuses all
Jane's attempts at appeasement. She gives Jane a letter from her uncle, John
Eyre. He wanted to adopt Jane and make her his heir. The letter was sent three
years ago, but Aunt Reed had vindictively kept it from Jane.

When Jane returns to Thornfield, the houseguests have left. Rochester tells Jane he
will soon marry Blanche. Jane reveals her love for him, and the two end up
engaged. Before the wedding Jane is plagued by strange dreams of a destroyed
Thornfield. The morning of the wedding finally arrives. Jane and Rochester stand
at the altar, taking their vows, when suddenly a strange man announces there's an
impediment to the marriage: Rochester is already married. Rochester rushes the
wedding party back to Thornfield, where they find his insane and repulsive wife
locked in a room on the third story. Rochester tries to convince Jane to become his
mistress.
Instead, Jane sneaks away in the middle of the night. On the third night she finds a
house of St. John Rivers. The clergyman offers her shelter.

One day, St. John learns that, unbeknownst to her, Jane has inherited a huge
amount of money 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.
The Rivers were cut out of John Eyre's will because of an argument between John
and their father. St. John plans to become a missionary in India. He tries to
convince Jane to accompany him, as his wife. Realizing that St. John doesn't love
her but just wants to use her to accomplish his goals, Jane refuses his request. St.
John tries to coerce her into the marriage, and has almost succeeded, when, one
night Jane suddenly hears Rochester's disembodied voice calling out to her.

Jane immediately leaves Moor House to search for her true love, Rochester.
Arriving at Millcote, she discovers Thornfield a burned wreck, just as predicted
in her dreams. From a local innkeeper, she learns that Bertha Mason burned the
house down one night and that Rochester lost an eye and a hand while trying to
save her and the servants. He now lives in seclusion at Ferndean.

Jane immediately drives to Ferndean. There she discovers a powerless, unhappy

Rochester. Jane carries a tray to him and reveals her identity. The two lovers are
joyfully reunited and soon marry. Her married life is blissful. Rochester regains
partial vision, enough to see their first-born son.
1. to be blatantly hostile to – быть откровенно враждебным
2. to disown – отрекаться
3. a charity institution – благотворительное учреждение
4. stingy – скупой
5. mean-hearted – подлый
6. to place at advertisement – разместить объявление
7. a governess position – должность гувернантки
8. a reply – отклик
9. to slip on a patch of ice – поскользнуться на льду
10.to rescue – спасать
11.to abandon – бросить
12.to harbor a secret – скрывать тайну
13.maniacal [məˈnaɪəkəl] – безумный
14.an eccentric [ɪkˈsentrɪk] – чудак
15.to purse – в значении «поджимать губы»
16.a deathbed – смертное ложе
17.to create a reconciliation with – помириться
18.attempts at appeasement – попытки умиротворения
19.vindictively [vɪnˈdɪktɪvlɪ] – мстительно
20.to reveal for – проявлять, раскрывать
21.to be plagued by – быть измученным
22.to take vows – дать клятву
23.an impediment [ɪmˈpedɪmənt] to – препятствие для
24.insane [ɪnˈseɪn] - безумная
25.repulsive [rɪˈpʌlsɪv] – отталкивающая
26.a mistress – влюбленная, любовница
27.to sneak away – улизнуть
28.a shelter – убежище
29.to be cut out of – быть отделенным, оторванным
30.a missionary – проповедник
31.to accomplish the goal – реализовать цель
32.to coerce [kəʊˈɜːs] into – принудить к
33.a disembodied voice - бестелесный голос
34.a burned wreck – обгоревшая развалина
35.to reveal identity – раскрыть личность
36.to reunite [riːjuːˈnaɪt] – воссоединяться
37.blissful – блаженный
38.to regain [rɪˈgeɪn] partial vision – частично восстановить зрение