Jane Eyre / Bronte, Charlotte

Jane, a plain and penniless orphan in nineteenth-century England, accepts employment as a governess at Thornfield Hall and soon finds herself in love with her melancholy employer, Mr. Edward Rochester, a man with a terrible secret. Includes an introduction, explanatory notes, and excerpts of nineteenth-century reviews.

An orphan girl who accepts employment as a governess finds herself involved in a family secret and in love with her employer.