Many people are aware of the famous story of Jane Eyre and her journey that ultimately ends with her marriage to her love, Mr. Rochester. They are aware of the struggles Jane goes through that allow her to progress from the confined spaces at Gateshead to the large residence of Thornfield, and then finally the cottage of Ferndean where she resides with Rochester for the rest of the novel. “Reader, I married him” is a sentence that most people can automatically pin to the Victorian novelist, but the publication history of this beloved classic is not as well-known.
The most famous line of Jane Eyre: “Reader, I married him.” in the opening sentence of Chapter XII of the third volume of the novel.