...rebellions, besides political rebellions, ferment in the masses of life which people earth. JANE EYRE. 43 me supposed to be very calm generally : but women feel...sex. When thus alone, I not unfrequently heard Grace Pople's laugh: the same — the same peal, the same low, slow ha ! ha ! which, when first heard, had...

...tranquillity : they must have action ; and they will make it if they cannot find it. Millions are condemned to a stiller doom than mine, and millions are in silent...Poole's laugh : the same peal, the same low, slow ha ! ha ! which; when first heard, had thrilled me : I heard, too, her eccentric murmurs ; stranger than...

...They suffer from too rigid a restraint, too absolute a stagnation, precisely as men would suffer; and it is thoughtless to condemn them or laugh at them,...than custom has pronounced necessary for their sex." The final test of this question of occupations for educated women is met squarely in the case of a...

...tranquillity : they must have action ; and they will make it if they cannot find it. Millions are condemned to a stiller doom than mine, and millions are in silent...than custom has pronounced necessary for their sex. Feeling without judgment is a washy draught indeed ; but judgment untempered by feeling is too bitter...

...themselves to making puddings and knitting stockings, to playing on the piano c,nd embroidering bags. It ia thoughtless to condemn them, or laugh at them, if...Poole's laugh; the same peal, the same low, slow ha! ha ', which, when first heard, had thrilled ine: I heard, too, ,her eccentric murmurs; stranger than...

...and a field for their efforts as much as their brothers do; they suffer from too rigid a constraint, too absolute a stagnation, precisely as men would...Poole's laugh: the same peal, the same low, slow ha ! ha ! which, when first heard, had thrilled me: I heard, too, her eccentric murmurs; stranger than...

...Millions are condemned to a stiller doom than mine, and millions are in silent revolt against their lot. Women are supposed to be very calm generally ; but...than custom has pronounced necessary for their sex." The next work of Miss Bronte was " Shirley," which appeared in 1849. It was written, one might say,...

...they suffer from too rigid a restraint, too absolute a stagnation, precisely as men would suffer. ... It is thoughtless to condemn them, or laugh at them, if they seek to do more or to learn more than custom has pronounced necessary for their sex." This passage in Jane Eyre is indeed...

...and a field for their efforts as much as their brothers do ; they suffer from too rigid a constraint, too absolute a stagnation, precisely as men would...Poole's laugh : the same peal, the same low, slow ha ! ha ! which, when first heard, had thrilled me : I heard, too, her eccentric murmurs ; stranger than...

...and a field for their efforts as much as their brothers do; they suffer from too rigid a constraint, too absolute a stagnation, precisely as men would...more than custom has pronounced necessary for their sex.4 Jane's rhetorical strategy is obvious. By beginning with human beings, the "masses of life which...