Istoriya sozdaniya Sharlottoy Bronte romana Dzheyn Eyr nachinalas' v dolgie, skuchnye vechera, kogda ves' dom v Khauorte otkhodil ko snu i rovno v devyat' Patrik Bronte zapiral vkhodnuyu dver'. V takie chasy sestry chitali drug drugu napisannoe za den', obsuzhdaya vse peripetii zhizni, bor'by i lyubvi svoikh personazhey. Odnazhdy Sharlotta zametila: pochemu geroini romanov nechelovecheski prekrasny. No ved' inache chitatelya ne privlechesh', - vozrazili Emili i Enn. Vy oshibaetes', - skazala Sharlotta. - Khotite, moya geroinya budet nekrasivoy vneshne, no po-chelovecheski nastol'ko...