# Jane Eyre

**Author:** Charlotte Brontë
**Lexile:** 890L
**Grade range:** Grades 10–12
**Age range:** 15–18
**First published:** 1847
**Page count:** 532
**Genre:** Victorian Novel
**ISBN-13:** `9780141441146`
**ISBN-10:** `0141441143`
**Canonical URL:** https://readinglist.school/book/jane-eyre
**License:** [CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) — please credit ReadingList.school when citing.

## About this book

Charlotte Brontë's 1847 bildungsroman follows orphan Jane Eyre from her abusive childhood through her education at Lowood School to her employment as governess at Thornfield Hall, where she falls in love with her enigmatic employer, Mr. Rochester. A Common Core Appendix B 11-CCR exemplar and an AP English Literature staple.

## Themes

- independence
- morality
- class
- gender
- love

## Content notes

- child abuse
- hidden mental illness
- fire

Common Sense Media age recommendation: 13+

## Where this book is assigned

### AP English Literature & Composition

- **recommended** · 12th grade — [source: AP Lit representative text](https://apcentral.collegeboard.org/courses/ap-english-literature-and-composition)

### Common Core State Standards (ELA)

- **recommended** · 11th grade — [source: CCSS ELA Appendix B, grades 11-CCR story exemplar](https://achievethecore.org/page/2699)
- **recommended** · 12th grade — [source: CCSS ELA Appendix B, grades 11-CCR story exemplar](https://achievethecore.org/page/2699)

### IB Diploma Programme — English A: Literature

- **recommended** · 12th grade — [source: IB DP English A Literature Prescribed Reading List](https://www.ibo.org/programmes/diploma-programme/)

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