Pique's Post on Jane Eyre Preface

I believe that the analogy she is referring to is that sure, the critics may be finding her book to be against "God" or immoral. However, she is saying that there is no analogy between what she finds immoral about the book and what the critics find immoral about it. Currer Bell means that in order to create great literature you have to have a book with taboos in it other wise its just another boring facts book. In this preface she is referring to both women of a lower class and men/critics. Women because she is saying "...turn to another class; a small one, so far as I know, but not, therefore, to be overlooked." Obviously during the time, the lower class (as it is today) is looked down upon. Currer Bell is saying not to overlook these people because, just like the higher classes, they have the potential to doing anything they set their mind to. As for the critics, she is saying don't just judge a "book by its cover" so to speak. If the book is written by a woman or by some one of the lower class don't just reject it or say that is is rubbish because deep down it could be a revolutionary book. The intended audience of this quote would be critics, men, women, and the lower class. It is there to perhaps persuade the reader to think "Ok, this book may not be what I expect but maybe I should give it a chance." It insulates Charlotte because not only does she have an alias but that she was thought to be a man therefore she had the ability to persuade her male audience more than a woman ever could.