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Charlotte Brontë
A portrait of Charlotte Brontë, based on a chalk pastel by George Richmond.
In the novel Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë, the title character becomes a governess at Thornfield Hall after deciding to leave the Lowood Institution, where she had spent several years as both a student and a teacher.1
Upon mustering the courage to depart from Lowood, Jane seeks employment and secures the position at Thornfield Hall. There, she is hired to look after Adèle, the young ward of the estate's master, Edward Rochester.12