Jane Eyre
By CHARLOTTE BRONTE Condensation by THURMAN L. HOOD AT her very birth Jane Eyre was left in the cold lap of Charity. Her aunt-in-law, Mrs. Reed of Gateshead Hall, kept the orphan ten years, during which she was subjected to such hard, fixed hatred that she was glad enough to be packed off to Lowood School, a semi-charitable institution for girls. Her career there was very honorable: from a pupil she became a teacher. She left it to become governess of Adela Varens, the ward of Mr. Edward Rochester, at Thornfield Manor. There she thoroughly liked her situation: the grand old house; the quiet library; her little chamber; the garden with its huge chestnut-tree; and the great meadow with its array of knotty thorn-trees, strong as oaks.