Jane Eyre is a novel by the English writer Charlotte Bront. It was published under her pen name Currer Bell on October by Smith, Elder Co. of London. The first American edition was published the following year by Harper Brothers of New York. Jane Eyre is a Bildungsroman which follows the See more. Jane Eyre is divided into chapters. It was originally published in three volumes in the th century, comprising chapters to , to , and to .The second edition was dedicated to William Makepeace Thackeray See more. The early sequences, in which Jane is sent to Lowood, a harsh boarding school, are derived from the authors own experiences. Helen Burnss death from tuberculosis referred to as consumption recalls the deaths of Charlotte Bronts sisters, Elizabeth See more. Contemporary reviewsJane Eyres initial reception contrasts starkly to its reputation today. In , Elizabeth Rigby later Elizabeth Eastlake, reviewing Jane Eyre in The Quarterly Review, found it pre-eminently an anti-Christian See more. RaceThrou