London is significant to Jane Eyre because it is the location in which Jane Eyre entered the literary world. It was published in London and though Jane Eyre never visits London, she gets a visitor from London, Mr. Briggs. More specifically, the novel was published at Smith, Elder & Co in London. This information, regarding publication, comes from a blog about the Bronte Sisters. This location illustrates gender and confinement because, like Jane Eyre, Charlotte Bronte was very strong willed and as a woman in the 19th century she published a book about a young woman who breaks social standards and refuses to be confined to those standards. Mapping this location on COVE reveals how this place connects the novel to Britain's wider colonial and economical history.
Research: the Brontë Sisters: Smith, Elder & Co