The story described in Jane Eyre takes place in the English countryside in the middle of19th century. Jane Eyre, the heroine, lost her parents when she was a child and was placed in foster care with her aunt, Mrs. Reed. She was badly abused and sent to Lowood Charity School. There is a cruel education to punish the body and save the soul, so that Jane Eyre continues to suffer mental and physical torture. She worked there as a student for six years and a teacher for two years. In order to pursue an independent and free life, she advertised for a job as a governess at Thornfield House. Jane Eyre and Mr. Rochester, the owner of the manor, have the same spiritual realm and similar tastes. They loved each other and decided to get married. However, when the wedding was held in the church, it was found that Rochester had been married before 15, and his crazy wife had been kept in a secret room of his house.

Jane Eyre left Thornfield and was later taken in by the Rivers brothers and sisters and became a rural primary school teacher. Later, when Jane Eyre's uncle died, she got an inheritance and learned that Rivers brothers and sisters were her cousins. St John, Jane Eyre's cousin, wants to marry Jane Eyre in order to find an assistant to preach in India. She rejected the man who gave his feelings to God. The power of love makes Jane Eyre return to Thornfield Manor, only to find that her former luxurious mansion has become a blackened ruin. Rochester is blind and disabled in one hand, and lives in the country. Finally, Jane Eyre married Rochester.

Jane Eyre is a female image with personality and rebellious spirit. She is unwilling to endure the oppression of capitalist society. Her poor and humble social status, wandering living environment and miserable personal experience are the true portrayal of the miserable life of the British lower class in the middle of the19th century. The author regards poor ordinary women as the positive characters in the novel and enthusiastically praises her struggle for women's equal social status and happy life, which is valuable in criticizing realistic literature. Therefore, the appearance of this book aroused strong repercussions in the society at that time.

Marx juxtaposed Charlotte with Dickens and Thackeray and spoke highly of them as excellent novelists. Although the book Jane Eyre has the limitations of the times and class, it still has enduring charm in art.