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The orphaned Jane Eyre grows up with her cruel aunt and cousins before she is sent away to a girls' boarding school, Lowood, which teaches poor and orphaned girls. Though her aunt tries to undermine Jane's experience there, Jane does well in school, and stays at Lowood as a teacher after she graduates.When Jane's confidante Maria Temple leaves Lowood, Jane decides to take a job as a governess at Thornfield Hall, which is owned by Mr. Rochester. Her student is a young French girl named Adele, who is Mr. Rochester's ward.One night, she hears Rochester's disembodied voice calling her name and takes it as a sign to return to Thornfield Hall. When she arrives she finds that Rochester's wife has burned Thornfield Hall to the ground and has killed herself. Jane then finds Mr. Rochester, who is now blinded and missing a hand from trying to save his wife from the fire. Jane marries him, and they have a child together.
Jane Eyre: (annotated) | 
