However, the rumours of an upcoming marriage between Blanche Ingram and Mr. Reed on her aunt's death bed.Īway from Thornfield Hall, Jane realizes with more clarity that Thornfield has indeed become a home for her, something she never had before. Unlike her aunt, Jane is able to forgive Mrs. Her aunt misinformed the uncle and told him that Jane died. This uncle asked to take care of Jane when she was still a child. Jane also learns from her aunt that she has an uncle. Reed replies that it was because her husband had loved Jane more than his own children, even calling out for her on his deathbed. Bessie informs her of her aunt's illness and the request to see Jane before she dies. Jane receives a visitor from her troubled past. While looking after Mason, Jane is startled by loud noises from the other side of the door in the North Tower. Once again strange sounds from the North Tower precede the incident. While Rochester fetches a doctor, Jane is left to take care of Mason in the North Tower. Mason, the guest, is severely injured one night. Rochester receives another unexpected and not wholly welcome guest. On his return to Thornfield, he brings along some acquaintances among whom are the beautiful Blanche Ingram and her mother Lady Ingram. She barely receives an answer from Rochester who instead leaves Thornfield without notice the next morning. She follows the noise and realizes that Rochester's room has been set on fire and the master in danger.Īfter Jane is able to rescue Rochester just in time, she wonders who set the fire and from whom these strange sounds from the North Tower came. One night, Jane wakes to strange noises coming from Rochester's room. On one of his journeys back to Thornfield Hall, Jane at last meets Rochester. She is also informed that the master of the house is seldom at home.
Here Jane learns that her pupil, a French girl named Adele, is the ward of the master of the house, Edward Rochester, who had had her mother, Celine Verans, as his mistress, and that she had left her illegitimate daughter in his care. Resolving to become independent, she takes on the profession of a governess.Īt the age of eighteen, she is able to secure a position as governess to a girl at Thornfield Hall. Jane's only friend at school, Helen Burns, dies and Jane is left alone once again. Like Gateshead Hall, Lowood School is a cold institution. After one of many ill-treatments she is accused of being bad blood and in an attempt to get rid of her, Jane is sent to Lowood School by Mrs Reed.
In their house at Gateshead Hall, Jane is ill-treated by her three first cousins and aunt alike and never feels at home. Rochester ( Toby Stephens), who is courting the beautiful Blanche Ingram ( Christina Cole).Īfter the death of her maternal uncle, the orphaned child Jane Eyre is left to the care of her uncaring and cruel aunt Mrs Reed. Fairfax, to be a governess for young Adèle (Cosima Littlewood). As a young woman ( Ruth Wilson), Jane is hired by the housekeeper of Thornfield Hall, Mrs. In this version of Charlotte Brontë's novel, Jane Eyre ( Georgie Henley) is raised as a poor relation in the household of her aunt, Mrs. The drama is generally considered a successful adaptation, garnering critical acclaim and a number of nominations from various award bodies.
This four-part BBC television drama serial adaptation was broadcast in the United Kingdom on BBC One. The story, which has been the subject of numerous television and film adaptations, is based on the life of the orphaned title character. Jane Eyre is a 2006 television adaptation of Charlotte Brontë's 1847 novel of the same name.