Jane Eyre: Plot Summary

Jane Eyre: Chapter 1 - Jane, an orphan, is mistreated and abused by her aunt and cousins with whom she lives.
Jane Eyre: Chapter 2 - Jane is sent to the ‘red-room’ as punishment, where she faints from fear, believing it is haunted.
Jane Eyre: Chapter 3 - After her fainting incident, Jane is neglected and decides to rebel against her oppressors.
Jane Eyre: Chapter 4 - Mr. Brocklehurst, the head of Lowood School, interviews Jane before deciding to admit her to his institution.
Jane Eyre: Chapter 5 - Jane’s journey to and initial experiences at Lowood School, including meeting Helen Burns.
Jane Eyre: Chapter 6 - Jane witnesses Helen’s strength of character and patient endurance that inspire her in her journey.
Jane Eyre: Chapter 7 - Jane faces the harsh realities and strict discipline of life at Lowood School.
Jane Eyre: Chapter 8 - Jane’s friend, Helen Burns, dies of tuberculosis.
Jane Eyre: Chapter 9 - After a typhus outbreak, changes are made at Lowood improving the conditions.
Jane Eyre: Chapter 10 - Jane, now 18, secures a position as a governess at Thornfield Hall.
Jane Eyre: Chapter 11 - Jane arrives at Thornfield and meets Adele, her pupil, and Mrs. Fairfax, the housekeeper.
Jane Eyre: Chapter 12 - Jane hears strange, eerie laughter in Thornfield, sparking her curiosity.
Jane Eyre: Chapter 13 - Jane meets her employer, Mr. Rochester, under unexpected circumstances.
Jane Eyre: Chapter 14 - Jane and Mr. Rochester engage in intellectual and philosophical conversations, sparking a connection.
Jane Eyre: Chapter 15 - Mr. Rochester shares a strange and unsettling story of his past.
Jane Eyre: Chapter 16 - Jane saves Mr. Rochester from a mysterious fire in his room.
Jane Eyre: Chapter 17 - Thornfield becomes livelier as guests including Blanche Ingram arrive, raising Jane’s feelings of jealousy.
Jane Eyre: Chapter 18 - A fortune-teller visits Thornfield, revealing some uncomfortable truths to Jane.
Jane Eyre: Chapter 19 - The fortune-teller is revealed to be Mr. Rochester in disguise.
Jane Eyre: Chapter 20 - Jane discovers the source of the mysterious laughter – a violent attack on a Thornfield guest, Mr. Mason.
Jane Eyre: Chapter 21 - Jane visits Gateshead upon hearing her Aunt Reed is dying.
Jane Eyre: Chapter 22 - Jane returns to Thornfield and realises her deepening feelings for Mr. Rochester.
Jane Eyre: Chapter 23 - Mr. Rochester proposes to Jane, who accepts.
Jane Eyre: Chapter 24 - Jane’s anxiety about her fit in the upper class world is compounded by an eerie, disturbing dream.
Jane Eyre: Chapter 25 - Jane discovers a damaged wedding veil on the morning of her marriage, increasing her apprehension.
Jane Eyre: Chapter 26 - Jane’s wedding is halted when it is revealed that Mr. Rochester already has a wife.
Jane Eyre: Chapter 27 - Betrayed and heartbroken, Jane decides to leave Thornfield.
Jane Eyre: Chapter 28 - Jane struggles with homelessness and hunger after leaving Thornfield.
Jane Eyre: Chapter 29 - Jane is taken in by the Rivers siblings and given the name Jane Elliot.
Jane Eyre: Chapter 30 - Jane begins teaching in a village school managed by St. John Rivers.
Jane Eyre: Chapter 31 - Jane forms a close bond with Diana and Mary Rivers.
Jane Eyre: Chapter 32 - St. John, who is revealed to be Jane’s cousin, proposes a marriage of convenience to Jane.
Jane Eyre: Chapter 33 - Jane inherits a fortune from her uncle and shares it equally with her discovered relatives.
Jane Eyre: Chapter 34 - Jane rejects St. John’s proposal of marriage due to lack of love.
Jane Eyre: Chapter 35 - Jane continues to deny St. John’s pleas of marriage.
Jane Eyre: Chapter 36 - Jane hears Mr. Rochester’s voice in the wind, leading her to decide to return to Thornfield.
Jane Eyre: Chapter 37 - On returning, Jane finds Thornfield burned to the ground and Mr. Rochester blind and maimed, but still chooses to marry him.
Jane Eyre: Chapter 38 - Jane and Mr. Rochester marry, and she ends her story as a contented wife and mother.