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Jane Eyre Chapter by Chapter Summary
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A complete reading log of Jane Eyre; including summaries of every chapter, key quotes, themes and characters involved in each chapter.
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Jane Eyre: reading logChapter Main events Key characters Settings Themes Quotation(s)
I Jane hides away to read. Jane Eyre, John Reed The Reeds’ home Childhood, Social class ‘you have no money; your father left
1-7 John Reed attacks her Aunt Reed, Bessie Entrapment, Family you none; you ought to beg’
She’s locked in the red-room Repression versus
freedom
2 Bessie and Miss Abbot tell Jane Eyre The Reed’s home Childhood, Social class ‘O aunt! Have pity!’
7-13 her off/warn her Bessie Entrapment, Family
Jane thinks she saw Mr Miss Abbot Repression versus
Reed’s ghost Mrs Reed freedom
She gets locked back in the
red-room
3 Jane is moved to her own bed Jane Eyre The Reed’s home Childhood, entrapment ‘I should indeed like to go to school’
13-20 Bessie fetches Jane a book, Bessie
and sings to her Mr Lloyd
Mr Lloyd asks jane questions Miss Abbot
to understand why she acts
out/ was ill
4 The Reed family didn’t speak Mrs Reed The Reed’s home Isolation, New beginning ‘I am not deceitful’
20-32 to Jane Jane Eyre ‘No sight so sad as that of a naughty
Mr Brocklehurst arrives to see Mr Brocklehurst child’
Jane about starting in Lowood Bessie
Jane stands up to Mrs Reed
Bessie reassures Jane she
likes her
5 Jane leaves for Lowood with Mrs Miller Reed’s home New Beginning, ‘you ask rather too many questions’
33-43 Bessie’s help Jane Eyre Lowood friendship
She has breakfast there Miss Temple
which was inedible so more Helen Burns
food was ordered
Jane tries to talk to a girl
reading Rasselas
6 Miss Scatcherd tells Helen off Miss Scatcherd Lowood ‘then I should love mrs Reed which I
44-50 and Jane wonders why Jane Eyre cannot do’
Jane tells Helen about her Helen Burns
aunt and helen explains that
life is too short to be hating
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