Jane Eyre, Chapter 34 — краткое содержание

Что происходит

1. Jane leaves regular school teaching and prepares Moor House with Hannah for Diana and Mary’s Christmas return.
2. St. John avoids domestic festivities, serves his parish, and announces Rosamond Oliver’s engagement and his own approaching departure.
3. He makes Jane replace German with Hindostanee, and his approval increasingly restricts her speech, behavior, and studies.
4. Unanswered letters seeking news of Mr. Rochester deepen Jane’s anxiety, and a disappointing business letter brings her to tears.
5. During a walk, St. John asks Jane to marry him and join his missionary work in India.
6. Jane offers to accompany him without marriage; he rejects this condition, demands further consideration, and treats her coldly.

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На что обратить внимание

Jane separates willingness to serve from consent to marriage. Her condition challenges St. John’s attempt to bind religious work to complete personal submission.

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