Jane Eyre

Jane Eyre
Philip Allan Literature Guide for A- Level

By Charlotte Bronte
Edited by Anne Crow
October 2010
Hodder Education
Distributed by Trans-Atlantic Publications
ISBN: 9781444116250

94 pages
$24.95 Paper original

Written by experienced A-level examiners and teachers who know exactly what students need to succeed, and edited by a chief examiner, Philip Allan Literature Guides (for A-level) are invaluable study companions with exam-specific advice to help you to get the grade you need.

This full colour guide includes:
- detailed scene summaries and sections on themes, characters, form, structure, language and contexts
- a dedicated 'Working with the text' section on how to write about texts for coursework and controlled assessment and how to revise for exams
- Taking it further boxes on related books, film adaptations and websites
- Pause for thought boxes to get you thinking more widely about the text
- Task boxes to test yourself on transformation, analysis, research and comparison activities
- Top 10 quotes

PLUS FREE REVISION RESOURCES at www.philipallan.co.uk/literatureguidesonline, including a glossary of literary terms and concepts, revision advice, sample essays with student answers and examiners comments, interactive questions, revision podcasts, flash cards and spider diagrams, links to unmissable websites, and answers to tasks set in the guide.

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Table of Contents:
Using this guide
Synopsis
Chapter summaries and commentaries
Themes
Characters
Form, structure and language
Contexts
Working with the text
Meeting the Assessment Objectives
Top ten quotations
Taking it further

About the Author(s):
Anne Crow is an examiner at both AS and A2. She has had more than 30 years’ experience in teaching A-level English, 25 of them at Havant College in Hampshire. She is also the author of Philip Allan Resource Packs and Student Text Guides on Jane Eyre and Doctor Faustus.
The series editor Nicola Onyett is Chief Examiner for English Literature for a major examination board and has extensive experience of teaching at GCSE, AS, A2 and university level. She is an editor of The English Review.