How is Jane Eyre a Valued Text? During 1848, shortly after the appearance of Jane Eyre, Victorians themselves believed that the Victorian novel was the genre least likely to survive into the next generation. A novel based only on the mores and customs of Victorian society would surely hold limited value today, except as a historical document. Nevertheless, that idea has turned out to be very wrong. Victorian novelists have demonstrated a staying power and value …showed first 75 words of 829 total…

…showed last 75 words of 829 total…is a love story, it is a fight for free expression of personality in love, but it is also a record of the external conflict between the flesh and the spirit, a conflict that is solved when passion is spent. Jane Eyre may speak for many women, but it speaks also for all of humanity, for the 19th century, as well as the 20th century and will continue to be valued for centuries to come.