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Summary: Chapter 36. Jane contemplates her supernatural experience of the previous night, wondering whether it was really Rochester’s voice that she heard calling to her and whether Rochester might actually be in trouble. She finds a note from St. John urging her to resist temptation, but nevertheless she boards a coach to Thornfield.
Jane is astonished to learn she has inherited twenty thousand pounds and wishes she had a family to share it with. As St. John prepares to leave, Jane asks why Mr. Briggs, Eyre's attorney, sent him a letter inquiring about Jane's whereabouts. St. John completes the story: his full name is St. John Eyre Rivers, so the Rivers are Jane's cousins.
- Chapter 36
- Chapter 37
- Chapter 38
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The following morning, Jane makes preparations to go away for a short while.St. John slips a note under her door entreating her to resist temptation andinforming her that he will expect a formal answer to his proposal when hereturns in a week. Jane thinks about the mysterious voice from the night beforeand wonders whether it really could have been ...
Jane arrives at Ferndean and spies Mr. Rochester from afar. She realizesthat he is indeed blind, and though his body looks the same, he now has adesperate and brooding expression. Once Mr. Rochester goes back inside thehouse, Jane knocks and speaks to Mary and John, Mr. Rochester’s servants. Shetells them she plans to stay the night and asks that t...
Jane marries Mr. Rochester in a small ceremony and immediately writes toDiana and Mary, who are both supportive of her decision. After several months,Jane receives a letter from St. John, and though it does not mention hermarriage, it is kind. She reveals that they have kept up correspondence overthe years and that St. John has come to accept that ...
In the novel’s final chapters, Jane is at last reunited with Mr. Rochester.The terrible fire at Thornfield is an important development: At the most basiclevel, it brings about the death of Bertha and thus removes the primarypractical obstacle to Jane and Mr. Rochester’s romantic relationship. The fire also serves a symbolic purpose, however, functi...
Analysis. The final chapter begins with the famous line: "Reader, I married him." Remaining at Ferndean, Jane and Rochester have a small, quiet wedding and live in perfect harmony. Jane never tires of guiding her husband, reading aloud to him, and describing the landscape to him. St. John never comments on Jane's marriage, but Mary and Diana ...
Quick answer: Jane Eyre ends with St. John and the penultimate words of the Bible to emphasize the novel's central theme of Christian integrity and self-denial. Charlotte Bronte wants readers to ...
Summary. Rochester and Jane finally marry with a quiet ceremony. Immediately, Jane writes to the Rivers, explaining what she has done. Diana and Mary both approve of her marriage, but Jane receives no response from St. John. Not having forgotten Adèle, Jane visits her at school. The girl is pale, thin, and unhappy, so Jane moves her to a more ...
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Jane learns what happened from the proprietor of a local inn. Bertha escaped and set Jane's old bedroom on fire. As the inferno spread, Rochester helped all the servants get out safely. But he could not save Bertha, who stood on the roof laughing maniacally and then jumped to her death. In the collapsing building, Rochester was badly injured ...
