Eucatastrophe

Chapter XXXV

If I were to marry you, you would kill me. You are killing me now.

St. John continues to make life miserable for Jane.

I scorn your idea of love…

Just when Jane’s life finally seems to be looking up, St. John comes in and makes a mess of things.

This was wealth indeed! wealth to the heart! a mine of pure, genial affections.

Jane (or rather, St. John) makes a life-changing discovery.

Posted on August 27, 2025 by Joanna MacGown

Know me to be what I am – a cold, hard man.

Jane finally starts to understand St. John.

Diana Rivers had designated her brother “inexorable as death.” She had not exaggerated.

Jane reflects on her choices, and starts to see St. John’s struggles.

Who is ambitious? I know I am: but how did you find that out?

Jane becomes acquainted with the Rivers, and (eventually) takes up a new vocation.

Not a tie links me to any living thing: not a claim do I possess to admittance under any roof in England.

Jane starts a new life, but remains burdened by the past.

Why do I struggle to retain a valueless life?

This chapter is mainly about Jane searching for a new start (and new purpose to keep living).

Posted on July 23, 2025 by Joanna MacGown

I will hold to the principles received by me when I was sane, and not mad – as I am now.

All the red flags about Mr. Rochester come home to roost once Jane recognizes the necessity of leaving him.

Real affection, it seems, he could not have for me; it had only been fitful passion…

The truth finally comes out, and it’s heartbreaking on so many levels.