Jane Eyre was an immediate bestseller, and most critics liked it. One reviewer wrote: ‘It is one of the most powerful domestic romances which have been published for many years.’


In this Reader you will find:
A short biography of Charlotte Brontë | Glossary | Comprehension activities |
PET-style activities | Exit test


Tags
Love | Society


Jane Eyre is an orphan, and all alone in the world. But she is no ordinary young woman; despite her lonely and unhappy childhood, she is determined to succeed at a time when women had little freedom. When she meets
the enigmatic Mr Rochester, however, her independent spirit is put to the test. Will Jane ever find the happiness she desires so much?


Syllabus
Verb tenses: Present Continuous: future
plans and activities, present actions
Past Perfect Simple: in reported speech
and narrative
Modal verbs: can’t: logical necessity
could: ability (was able to/managed to),
possibility, polite requests
may/can/could: permission
might (present and future reference):
possibility, permission
must: logical necessity and obligation
would: hypothesis, polite requests
should: (present and future reference):
moral obligation, advice
used to/would: past habits and states
Verb forms and patterns:
Past forms with going to and will
Verb + object + full infinitive (e.g. I want
you to help.)
Simple reported speech:
statements, questions and commands
with say, ask, tell
Phrasal verbs/verbs with prepositions
had better for advice or desirability