![]() ![]() Reed holds Jane responsible for the scuffle and sends her to the “red-room”-the frightening chamber in which her Uncle Reed died-as punishment. Jane finally erupts, and the two cousins fight. John then hurls a book at the young girl, pushing her to the end of her patience. John chides Jane for being a lowly orphan who is only permitted to live with the Reeds because of his mother’s charity. Reed, has forbidden her niece to play with her cousins Eliza, Georgiana, and the bullying John. A young girl named Jane Eyre sits in the drawing room reading Bewick’s History of British Birds. The novel opens on a dreary November afternoon at Gateshead, the home of the wealthy Reed family. Jane Eyre, an orphan, must find her own way in the world while learning about friendship, family, love, trust, societal roles-and how to deal with dark secrets.īrontë, Charlotte. Jane Eyre is a classic novel by Charlotte Brontë which was published in 1847. ![]()
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