You should start reading Jane Eyre as soon as possible.
Below is a table to help guide you through your reading. I hope you find it helpful.
Comment on the location – consider its
physical symbolic qualities and how it relates to Jane’s progress and
development
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Summarise the action of the section and
summarise and comment on the action of the chapter. You can also use this
space to comment on Jane’s progress/development
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LOCATION
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VOL
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CHAPTER
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OVERVIEW
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Gateshead
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1
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1 - 4
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1
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Jane persecuted by Mrs Reed and John Reed – Jane attacks John
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2
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Jane in the Red Room
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3
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Jane speaks to the doctor. School is mentioned. Meets Brocklehurst.
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4
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Meeting with Brocklehurst
Tea with Bessie
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Lowood
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5 – 9
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5
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Jane leaves Gateshead. Arrival at Lowood.
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6
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Jane meets Helen Burns
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7
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8
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9
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Jane is eighteen – now a teacher at the school
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Thornfield Hall
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10 - 15
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10
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11
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12
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Meets Rochester
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13
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14
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15
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Bertha sets alight Rochester’s bed. Jane saves his life. She has a
glimpse of his secret
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Thornfield Hall
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2
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1 – 5
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1
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Next morning. Rochester absent.
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2
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The party arrive at Thonefield Hall.
Jane watches the guests from a distance. Miss Ingram introduced. The ladies
attack governesses.
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3
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Richard Mason. Rochester as gypsy
fortune teller arrives interviews the women.
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4
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Jane’s interview with Rochester as
gypsy fortune teller
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5
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Richard Mason’s visit ends with
Bertha’s attack on him. Again Jane glimpses further into his secret world
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Thornfield Hall
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6 – 11
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6
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Jane helps Rochester. She stays with
Mason while Rochester gets the doctor.
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7
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8
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Midsummer Rochester proposes marriage
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9
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Joy. Rochester wants to bestow jewels
and clothes on Jane
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10
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11
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Jane’s wedding day. Rochester shows Jane and Richard Bertha Mason.
The secret revealed .
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Moor House
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3
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1 – 4
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1
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2
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3
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4
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Jane hears of her Uncle’s death
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Moor House [village school]
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5 - 9
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5
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Jane begins life as a school teacher. She feels humiliated. St John
visits – tells Jane to forget the past
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6
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7
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8
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9
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St John’s forceful arguments and proposal of marriage to Jane. A
torture and a temptation. He is turned down
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Ferndean – remote and isolated property on Rochester’s estate.
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10 – 12
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10
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Jane is resolved to find Rochester. Her journey and her meeting with
the publican. Who tells us Jane’s story and Rochester’s present situation.
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11
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Jane and Rochester meet. Establish the ground rules of their
relationship. Love.
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12
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Conclusion
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