∗a girl finds herself in pages, defiant and alone

I was glad of it: I never liked long walks, especially on chilly afterno…

Me, she had dispensed from joining the group.

I was conscious that a moment's mutiny had already rendered me liable to…

Am I a servant?

∗Jane's inner world blooms in solitude—through vivid imagination and close observation, Brontë rewards readers with a heroine who claims agency through thought and feeling, refusing to be diminished by those around her.

Orphaned Jane endures cruelty at her aunt's house, finding refuge in books and her formidable will.