Jane Eyre became one of Bronte’s most well known, and widely read novels following her death. The novel was published on October 16th, 1847 by the publishers of Smith, Elder and Co. The novel was originally called Jane Eyre: An Autobiography and published under the anonymous name of “Currer Bell.” Charlotte Bronte’s life events are highly similar to her well known protagonist, Jane Eyre regarding their education, and beliefs on female independence, and social ranking.
Feminism during the early 19th century was new for most. Gao explains the definition as being, “Feminist theory in the final analysis is to achieve gender equality in all of humanity. All feminist theory has a basic premise, which is, women worldwide are under an oppression, discrimination, and hierarchy state" (Gao). Though this idea was not as prominent as it might be today, there were some women during this time making an extra effort to educate people on the beliefs and ideas of Feminist. Charlotte Bronte, due to her very independent views on marriage, and relationships agreed with majority of the main feminist beliefs. As a result of Bronte’s beliefs on Feminism, she incorporated this into her most famous character Jane