Bronte C.: Jane Eyre

Jane Eyre’s childhood and youth, spent in a charity school for poor girls, were hard and full of sorrow. Life has not been kind to her. When she takes on a job as a governess, working in the mansion of the mysterious Mr. Rochester, she finally finds love. But a terrible and shocking secret stands in the way of her happiness. Jane Eyre is one of the most renowned British novels, one about deep feelings and staying true to one’s ideals, about ruined expectations, about mercy; it is a deeply touching story with a happy ending.