Chapter 38 (Conclusion)
"Reader, I married him." One of the most famous lines in English fiction, asserting Jane's narrative agency and marital choice.
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From Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë
The novel ends with Jane's direct address to the reader announcing her marriage, followed by an unexpected coda devoted to St. John Rivers's missionary death.
Chapter 38, final paragraphs
The novel closes not on Jane and Rochester but on St. John in India and his anticipated death: "Amen; even so come, Lord Jesus!" A famously debated ending that gives the last word to religious vocation rather than romantic love.
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