AS ENGLISH LITERATURE
JANE EYRE READING
READING THE NOVEL
You need to start reading this novel right now. Don't put it off any longer.
Below is a guide to help you read Jane Eyre. We will only
have a short period of time to study the novel and we will not be reading it in
class. However we will be reading short extracts.
When we
begin studying the novel I will assume you have all read it thoroughly. We will
be breaking the novel down into sections and draw on characters, themes,
narrator, writing style in each section. When we have done this we will then
draw all the strands of the novel together. Throughout you will be doing short
exercises and 2 or three main essays.
If you have
not read the novel you will very quickly become lost and will be at a
considerable disadvantage to others that have.
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Location
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Pages*
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Volume
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Chapter
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Page**
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End chapter
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Gateshead
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44
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1
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1 - 4
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11 - 55
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Leaving Gateshead
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Lowood
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54
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5 – 9
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56 – 110
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End of childhood
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Thornfield Hall
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88
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10 - 15
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111 – 199
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Fire
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Thornfield Hall
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85
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2
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1 – 5
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203 - 288
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Richard Mason
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Thornfield Hall
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100
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6 – 11
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289 – 388
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Wedding Day
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Moor House
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78
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3
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1 – 4
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391 - 469
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Uncle’s death
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Moor House [village school]
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80
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5 - 9
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470 – 550
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St John’s proposal
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Ferndean
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40
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10 – 12
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551 – 591
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Together
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* The number of in a section
** Page numbers maybe different
Look out
As you read the novel always have a pencil and lined paper
to hand.
· Make a note at the top of each page summarising the main action of that page.
· Underline what you consider to me key quotations in the text.
· Underline or make a note of the features of the main character[s] as you read.
· Underline the progress of relationships between Rochester and Jane as it develops.
· Notice the settings of the novel and consider how they contribute to the novel.
· Pay special attention to the weather.
· Look out for objects that may symbolise or represent abstract ideas.
· Bearing in mind events, characters, settings, weather and symbols; identify key themes that recur through the novel
· Consider the structure of the novel as you read it. Identify events that signal a change in the narrative and particularly Jane’s progress through the book.
I will check regularly the progress of your reading by checking the annotations in your copy of the book and the reading journal you should be keeping.
