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Definition
a short story told to teach a moral lesson — especially those told by Jesus in the New Testament
- I have myself — I tell it you without parable — been a worldly, dissipated, restless man; and I believe I have found the instrument for my cure in — " He paused: the birds went on carolling, the leaves lightly rustling.Chapter 20 (94% in)
There are no more uses of "parable" in Jane Eyre.
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