# 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)

### AQA GCSE English Literature (8702)

- **required** · 9th grade — [source: Set text in the AQA GCSE English Literature (8702) specification, component: 19th-century novel. Specification for first teaching in 2015. Read 2026-10-03.](https://www.aqa.org.uk/subjects/english/gcse/english-8702/specification/subject-content/shakespeare-and-the-19th-century-novel)
- **required** · 10th grade — [source: Set text in the AQA GCSE English Literature (8702) specification, component: 19th-century novel. Specification for first teaching in 2015. Read 2026-10-03.](https://www.aqa.org.uk/subjects/english/gcse/english-8702/specification/subject-content/shakespeare-and-the-19th-century-novel)

### Common Core State Standards (ELA)

- **recommended** · 11th grade — [source: CCSS ELA Appendix B, grades 11-CCR story exemplar](https://www.nysed.gov/sites/default/files/programs/standards-instruction/appendix-b-text-exemplars-and-sample-performance-tasks.pdf)
- **recommended** · 12th grade — [source: CCSS ELA Appendix B, grades 11-CCR story exemplar](https://www.nysed.gov/sites/default/files/programs/standards-instruction/appendix-b-text-exemplars-and-sample-performance-tasks.pdf)

### 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/)

### OCR GCSE English Literature (J352)

- **required** · 9th grade — [source: Set text in the OCR GCSE English Literature (J352) specification, component: 19th-century prose. Version 3.0 (November 2025). Read 2026-10-03.](https://www.ocr.org.uk/Images/168995-specification-accredited-gcse-english-literature-j352.pdf)
- **required** · 10th grade — [source: Set text in the OCR GCSE English Literature (J352) specification, component: 19th-century prose. Version 3.0 (November 2025). Read 2026-10-03.](https://www.ocr.org.uk/Images/168995-specification-accredited-gcse-english-literature-j352.pdf)

### Pearson Edexcel GCSE English Literature (1ET0)

- **required** · 9th grade — [source: Set text in the Pearson Edexcel GCSE English Literature (1ET0) specification, component: 19th-century novel. Specification Issue 2, June 2019. Read 2026-10-03.](https://qualifications.pearson.com/content/dam/pdf/GCSE/English%20Literature/2015/specification-and-sample-assesment/9781446914359_GCSE_2015_L12_Englit.pdf)
- **required** · 10th grade — [source: Set text in the Pearson Edexcel GCSE English Literature (1ET0) specification, component: 19th-century novel. Specification Issue 2, June 2019. Read 2026-10-03.](https://qualifications.pearson.com/content/dam/pdf/GCSE/English%20Literature/2015/specification-and-sample-assesment/9781446914359_GCSE_2015_L12_Englit.pdf)

## Banned / challenged record

Documented removals or formal challenges in at least one school district in 1 state: TX. Source: [PEN America's Index of School Book Bans](https://pen.org/banned-book-list/) 2022-2024.

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