Jane Eyre
Charlotte Brontë
Orphaned Jane Eyre is ten years old and living unhappily with her cold aunt, Mrs Reed, and her bullying cousins at Gateshead Hall. When she finally fights back, she is locked in the frightening red-room and then sent away to Lowood, a harsh charity school, where she must learn to survive.
- Length
- About 185,000 words
- To read it
- About 124 days
- Stage
- GCSE
Reading time at 1,500 words a day, the pace we start from until we know your child’s own.
Where it is taught
Why Jane Eyre is on the list
- Year 10, Challenge. Demanding books for a strong reader who wants a real challenge. GCSE 19th-century novel (AQA, Edexcel, Eduqas).
- Year 11, Challenge. Demanding books for a strong reader who wants a real challenge. GCSE 19th-century novel (AQA, Edexcel, Eduqas).
Reading it here
What your child does with it
- 1
Choose it and set a finish date
You get a suggested target from the length of the book and your child's reading pace.
- 2
Check in along the way
A longer book has short check-ins every week or two, so it keeps moving and nothing is forgotten.
- 3
Answer two questions
When they finish: a review of the book, and a deeper question about how it works.
- 4
Get it marked, and redraft
Every answer is marked against the rubric for their year, with a reason for every score.