We understand from the passage that a respectable middle-class woman in Victorian England …………

One of the classics of 19th century English literature, Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Bronte, introduced a new kind of heroine in the plain but passionate governess for whom the novel is named. Forced to earn a living in the only way open to respectable middle-class women in Victorian England, Jane struggles for love and independence in seemingly hopeless surroundings. Reflecting something of Bronte's own unhappy youth, the novel recounts Jane Eyre's love for her employer, Edward Rochester. The realism with which Jane's position is portrayed is combined with both melodrama and romance to permit a satisfactory resolution: the marriage of Jane and Mr Rochester.