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222 Fiction: Welcome to the Magical World of Fiction
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___ =Dear Ladies: I have come across the 1986 version of Jane Eyre and found it to be much more accurate than the 2005 version. If you would like to watch the latter, feel free to do so but for better depiction try the one I have uploaded here.=

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locked up in the Red Room, faints, meets Mr. Loyd who suggests she leaves for a school.
 * Jane is 10 years old, mistreated by her aunt Mrs. Reed, abused by her cousin John,

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Helen dies, Jane grows up to be a teacher at the school, she receives a letter from Mrs. Fairfax She travels to Thornfield where she meets Mrs. Fairfax.
 * Jane's punishment as a liar at Lowood School, She meets Helen, the Epidemic breaks out

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 * Jane first arrives to Thornfield, met Mrs Fairfax, met Adele and starts tutoring her,

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gifts to Adele he is tough.
 * Mr. Rochester asks to meet Jane, he is not friendly and rude, eventhough he brings

media type="custom" key="7205711" to which she says no, he tells her Adele's story and is impressed by Jane' non-judgmental nature hinting at his hope that she does not judge him.
 * Mr. Rochester spends more and more time with Jane, he asks her if she finds him handsome

media type="custom" key="7203365" leaving fo long periods, she also hears of Mr. Rochester's relationship with a beautiful lady 'Blanche Ingram', Mr. Rochester returns with a group of guests including Miss Ingram, She is a typical Victorian Match for Mr. Rochester, Adele is called to meet the guests and Jane learns Mr. Rochester had insisted on her presence.
 * Mr. Rochester leaves, Jane learns from Mrs. Fairfax about Mr. Rochester habits of

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 * Typical Victorian guest gathering, Mr. Rochester insisting on Jane's presence obviously to make

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guest (named Mr. Mason) and a gypsy lady make an appearance. Everyone meeting the gypsy woman comes out disappointed especially Blanche Ingram, the gypsy woman insists on seeing Jane where she tries to know how she feels about Mr. Rochester, it truns out to be Rochester himself who is behind this game, obviously he is trying to see Jane's reactions.
 * More of guest entertainment, Mr. Rochester says he is leaving on business when a mysterious

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bleeding and helps Mr. Rochester until Mr. Mason leaves and she thinks Grace ool did it. Jane has a visit from Bessie who tells her that John Reed committed suicide and that Mrs Reed is dying and wants to see her. Jane asks Mr. Rochester for a week and he reluctantly agrees.
 * Jane wakes up in the middle of the night to a strange noise, she sees Mr. Mason wounded and

media type="custom" key="7204621" Georgina are cruel to each other and almost not talking, At Mrs Reed's death bed Jane apologizs to Mrs Reed for the things she had said as a child, she even tells her that she forgives he for what she had done to her, On the other hand Mrs Reed says she still hates Jane and would never forgive her, Mrs. Reed had asked for Jane to show a letter from her uncle John who three years ago had come to offer to adopt Jane as his daughter and give her all his money, Mrs Reed had told him that Jane had died at Lowood. Jane returns to Thornfield after a month to find Mr. Rochester waiting for her, she sees the guests leaving and Miss Ingram among them.
 * Jane is at Gateshead as Mrs. Reed is dying and had asked for her, Jane notices how Eliza and

media type="custom" key="7204041" gifts and jewelery, Jane has nightmares followed by someone burning her wedding veil, the day of the wedding arrives and as the priest is proceding a man claims that Mr. Rochester has a living wife and can not get married!!!!
 * Preparations for Jane's & Mr. Rochester's wedding, Jane's is overwhelmed by Mr. Rochester'

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she wakes up to find herself in the house of two sisters (Mary & Dianne) and their brother St.John, she hides her identity and understands that she has to provide for herself.
 * Jane faints after three days of wandering alone in the countryside to escape from Mr. Rochester,

media type="custom" key="7204169" tells her that her uncle had died leaving her 20,000 pounds which makes her rich, Jane is not impressed at this information as much as she is thrilled to know that St. John and his sisters are her cousins, she decides right away to divide the money among them which makes St. John settled on marrying Jane, he proposes to her saying it must be God's will and she has to comply.
 * Jane working at the charity school, St. John uncovers her true identity to be Jane Eyre,

media type="custom" key="7204313" Mr. Rochester's voice calling her name, she leaves to Thornfield only to find it burnt down Bertha has started a fire that burnt Thornfield, killed her and left Mr. Rochester blind and injured in his hand. She presents him water and he recognises her, she tells him that now she is an independent woman with a fortune of 5000 pounds.
 * As St. John is pressuring Jane to Marry him and she is almost accepting she hears

media type="custom" key="7204459" She tells him about St. John and his proposal to marry her which makes it Mr. Rochester's turn to be jealous, He tells her that he did cry her name at the same time that she had heard it Jane marries Mr. Rochester and they have two children.
 * Happy Ending : Jane decides to stay with Mr. Rochester to take care of him,

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 * The Age of Innocence by Edith Wharton **
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Biography
 * To the Lighthouse by Virginia Woolf **

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