Summary:

Jane spends Christmas at Moor house with her cousins, the Rivers: St. John, Diana and Mary. St. John, who is preparing to leave for a missionary in India, offers to teach Jane Hindustani. She doesn't think much of it until St. John reveals his purpose for teaching her: he wants to marry Jane for the purpose of having her as a missionary wife. Jane refuses to marry him but he keeps insisting harshly. One day, Jane is about to accept his proposal when she hears what she thinks is Mr. Rochester's voice calling her name. Jane is worried something bad has happened and leaves for Thornfield Hall the next day.

When Jane arrives, she sees Thornfield in ruins. Jane learns that Bertha Mason had set Thornfield on fire and Rochester lost a hand as well as his sight because of the fire. Jane discovers that Rochester now lives in Ferndean, along with Mary and John. When Jane goes to Ferndean, she visits Rochester, who is not able to see her, but he knows that Jane is with him. While Jane and Rochester go for a morning walk, Jane tells him about her experiences in the past year. Eventually, Rochester asks for her hand in marriage, and she says yes. Soon enough, Jane marries Rochester and send the news to her cousins, but hears nothing from St. John. At the end of the novel, Jane writes to the reader directly stating how blessed she has become over the past ten years because of the love her and Rochester profess for one another.