Inside the story
Meet Maria Temple
Miss Temple is the kind and dignified superintendent of Lowood School, where Jane Eyre arrives as a young pupil. She treats Jane and Helen Burns with fairness and compassion, offering them protection and a steady source of support within the harsh school environment.
On the page
A tall, elegant, graceful young woman with a fair complexion, dark brown hair arranged in ringlets, and calm, benignant dark eyes; dressed with quiet refinement.








