Charlotte Brontë's masterpiece, written when she was just under thirty years old and recently adapted into a film starring Mia Wasikowska, is considered one of the great women's novels in world literature. The story centers around the governess Jane Eyre and Edward Rochester, the master of Thornfield Hall, whose illegitimate daughter Adèle is taught by Jane. Edward falls in love with Jane, but their wedding does not take place—at least for now. Terrible things happen in the gloomy mansion that Jane cannot explain. She is unaware that a madwoman resides within. "I wish you hadn't sent me 'Jane Eyre.' The book captivated me so much that I read it despite being extraordinarily busy... and I lost (or, if you prefer, gained) an entire day." (William Makepeace Thackeray).