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The questions in this quiz are suitable for GCSE English Literature students studying the plot summary of Jane Eyre. If you struggled with the quiz, don't panic - we've got you! You can revise the ...

Considered by many to be ahead of its time, Jane Eyre explores the changing fortunes of its main character after she is orphaned at the age of ten. With a subtext of social critique, Jane Eyre is more ...

But all through the book, Jane refuses to smile. That isn't to say that she's never happy (although you wouldn't be super chipper, either, if you were an orphan forced to go to an evil school where ...

The first time I read Jane Eyre, I hated it. I was in sixth grade, and all I can remember thinking is, “Why does this character continuously mention how she’s not beautiful?” Years later, I decided to ...

Wide Sargasso Sea turned Charlotte Brontë’s classic novel inside out. As the book celebrates its 50th anniversary, Hephzibah Anderson explains its enduring power. A while ago, and for more years than ...

Given the vast amount of contemporary children’s fiction being published in Britain, it may seem surprising that authors spend so much time tampering with the classics. In the last few years, there ...

Wide Sargasso Sea turned Charlotte Brontë’s classic novel inside out. As the book celebrates its 50th anniversary, Hephzibah Anderson explains its enduring power. A while ago, and for more years than ...