In Jane, our modernized Jane Eyre comes from affluent surroundings and did not have to suffer the injustices and hardships presented to our Victorian Jane at Lowood School. In fact, she attended Sarah Lawrence College and would have remained there matriculating if n ot for the unfortunate death of her parents in a car accident. Sarah Lawrence is a prestigious, residential, coeducational liberal arts college. Founded in 1926 and consistently ranked among the leading liberal arts colleges in the country, Sarah Lawrence is known for its pioneering approach to education and a rich history of impassioned intellectuality. The college occupies 44 wooded acres in Yonkers, NY, near the Village of Bronxville—just north of New York City. A 30-minute train ride from the Bronxville station takes students into Midtown Manhattan. The student body is 71% female and yearly tuition costs exceed $56,000 USD. Not your run-of-the-mill community college. Lindner's Jane is thoroughly modernized and grew up in a family where money was not a problem. As a result, Lindner provides us no real information regrding her childhood experience. 

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