Which Brontë sister wrote the novel 'Jane Eyre'?

Which Brontë sister wrote the novel Jane Eyre? The answer is Charlotte Brontë.

Charlotte Brontë published Jane Eyre in 1847 under the pseudonym Currer Bell. The novel follows Jane, an orphan who grows into an independent woman while working as a governess at Thornfield Hall, where she falls in love with Edward Rochester.

The book draws on aspects of Charlotte’s own life. She worked as a governess, attended difficult schools, and experienced the deaths of her sisters Maria and Elizabeth, whose school experiences helped inspire the harsh Lowood sections of the novel. Charlotte also used the novel to explore class, education, religion, morality, and women’s desire for personal freedom.

Readers sometimes confuse the Brontë sisters’ major novels. Emily Brontë wrote Wuthering Heights, while Anne Brontë wrote Agnes Grey and The Tenant of Wildfell Hall. Charlotte wrote three novels besides Jane Eyre: Shirley, Villette, and The Professor. Jane Eyre’s original subtitle, An Autobiography, reflects its first-person narrative rather than claiming that Jane’s life is literally Charlotte’s.