Just then, she hears a mesmeric call from Rochester. John pressures her to reconsider his proposal, and a wavering Jane finally appeals to Heaven to show her what to do. Jane initially agrees to leave with him but not as his wife. He gives her a job and soon proposes marriage, suggesting that she join him as a missionary in India.

Jane is taken in by people she later discovers are her cousins. He pleads with her to join him in France, where they can live as husband and wife despite the legal prohibitions, but Jane refuses on principle and flees Thornfield. Believing that he was tricked into that marriage, Rochester feels justified in pursuing his relationship with Jane. However, on their wedding day, Jane discovers that Rochester cannot legally marry her, because he already has a wife, Bertha Mason, who has gone mad and is locked away on the third floor because of her violent behaviour her presence explains the strange noises Jane has heard in the mansion. Rochester eventually reciprocates Jane’s feelings and proposes marriage. Jane falls in love with Rochester, though he is expected to marry the snobbish and socially prominent Blanche Ingram. At Thornfield Jane looks after young Adèle, the daughter of a French dancer who was one of Rochester’s mistresses, and is befriended by the kindly housekeeper Mrs. She finds work as a governess at Thornfield Hall, where she meets her dashing and Byronic employer, the wealthy and impetuous Edward Rochester. In early adulthood, after several years as a student and then teacher at Lowood, Jane musters the courage to leave. Only the most determined quizmaster will be able to reach its denouement. This quiz consists of 49 questions from Britannica’s most popular quizzes. Literature is a broad term that-among Britannica’s quizzes, at least-can include everything from American novels to antonyms and synonyms.

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