After a harsh childhood, orphan Jane Eyre is hired by Edward Rochester, the brooding lord of a mysterious manor house, to care for his young daughter.

This is a picturization of the world-famous novel by Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre, a tutor in the home of Edward Fairfax Rochester, whose wife became insane after the birth of their first child, is coveted by Rochester, who plans to secretly marry Jane without disclosing to her the fact that he has a wife living. The insane wife learns of the state of her husband's affections and with maniacal cunning succeeds in burning down the Rochester mansion, but herself perishes in the flames, thus leaving the way clear to an honorable union between Jane Eyre and Mr. Rochester.—Moving Picture World synopsis