Jane Eyre

American  

[jeyn air] / ˈdʒeɪn ˈɛər /

noun

1. a novel (1847) by Charlotte Brontë.

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Jane Eyre Cultural  

1. A novel by Charlotte Brontë. Jane Eyre serves as governess to the ward of the mysterious and moody Edward Rochester. He proposes to her, but Jane discovers that he is already married to an insane woman. Eventually Jane and Rochester are reunited and, in a famous line, “Reader, I married him.”

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Example Sentences

Emily's sister Charlotte also wrote "Jane Eyre" here, another classic of English literature.

From Barron's • Feb. 28, 2026

Like Jane Eyre, the more unsustained they are, the more they respect themselves.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 7, 2025

“Rice said, ‘Everybody knows who Jane Eyre is … and everybody knows who Frankenstein’s monster is.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 26, 2023

Charlotte, who would go on to write her classic novel Jane Eyre 18 years later, wrote six of these "little books" and this was the final one believed to still be in private hands.

From BBC • Aug. 5, 2022

When Jane Eyre came to look at my book—which happened to be Our Town—I handed it to her just right.

From "Okay for Now" by Gary D. Schmidt