Brontë writes a letter expressing her anxeities that surround the production of Jane Eyre. She fears it will not be succseful and a century and a half later, it is being studied in Universities! An ecerpt from the letter states:

"I am, myself, sensible both of deficiencies of capacity and disadvantages of circumstance which will, I fear, render it somewhat difficult for me to attain popularity as an author. The eminent writers you mention- Mr. Thackeray, Mr. Dickens, Mrs. Marsh etc., doubtless enjoyed facilities for observation such as I have not; certainly they possess a knowledge of the world, whether intuitive or acquired, such as I can lay no claim to- and this gives their writings an importance and a variety greatly beyond what I can offer the public."