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JANH HYRH
ADAPTED by Charlotte Bronti)
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With Bewick on my knee, I was then He gorged himself habitually at
happy; huppy at least in my way. I feared meals, which made him bilious, and gave
nothing but interruption, and that came him a dim eye and flabby cheeks. He
too soon. The breakfast room door ought to have been at school; but his
opened. mama had taken him home for a month
"Bah! Madame Mope!" cried the voice or two, " on account of his delicate
of ]ohn Reed. Then he paused: he found health."
the room apparently empty. Mr. Miles, the schoolmaster, said Iohn
"Where the dickens is she?" he con- would do very well if he had fewer cakes
tinued. "Lzzyr. Georgy!" calling to his and sweets sent to him from home; but
sisters. "Jane is not here. Tell mama she the mother's heart rejected an opinion so
has run out into the rain-bad animal!" harsh, and she thought rather that
"It is well I drew the ctJrtair:.," john's sallowness was owing to over-
thought I, and I wished fervently that he work, and, perhaps, to homesickness.
might not discover my hiding place; nor Iohn had not much affection for his
would Iohn Reed have found it out him- mother and sisters, and a hatred of me. He
self: he was not very bright, but Eliza just bullied and punished me; not two or
put her head in at the door, and said at three times in the week, nor once or
once: twice in the day, but continually. Everr'
"She is in the window seat, to be nerve I had feared him, and every morsel
sure, ]ack." of flesh on my bones shrank when he
And I came out immediately, for I came near. There were moments when I
trembled at the idea of being dragged out was bewildered by the terror he inspired,
by ]ack. because I had no defense whatever
"\Mhat do you wantt?" I asked, with against either his menaces or his punish-
awkward diffidence. ment. The servants did not like to offencl
"Saf, 'What do you want, Master their young master by taking my side
Reed?' " was the answeL "I want you to against him, and Mrs. Reed was blincl
come here," and seating himself in an and deaf on the subject; she never sa\\-
armchair, he gestured that I was to stand him strike or heard him abuse me,
before him. though he did both in her very presence;
Iohn Reed was a schoolboy of fourteen more frequently, however, behind her
years old; four years older than I, for I was back.
but ten. He was large and stout for his Habitually obedient to lohn, I came
d1e, with a dingy and unwholesome up to his chair. He spent some three min-
skin; thick features in a wide face, heavy utes in thrusting his tongue at me as far
limbs and large hands and feet. as he could. I knew he would soon strike,
and while dreading the blows, I mused on concern was holt, to enclttre the blrrrr-
his disgusting and ugly appearance. I which would certainlv follotr- tl-re instrlt.
wonder if he read that notion in my face; "\Alhat \\'ere t'ott doilg bel-Linrl the ctu-
for, all at once, r,r'ithout speaking, he tain?" he asked.
struck suddenlv and strongh,.. I tottered, "I\r-as rear-ling. "
and on regaining n1). balance mor-ed "Siroir- the botrk. "
back a step or tlt'o from l-ris chair. I rettrrrretl tt'' the r., ir1-{rrr- arrrl fetcherl
"That is for vour impuclerrce irr hg lrrrk,
answering malxa before," saicl he, "arrt-l "\r-rr-r irar e ntr L-'r-tsiuess to take ollr
for your sneaking \\'a\- of gettirrg L.ehincl L.ot ks; \'rrll crr' c-r tlerg11-lgttt, tttama says;
curtains and for the look r-ou had in r our \ rrlr ha\' r-rt-r lnoile\-; \-oltr father left you
eyes two minutes ?go, r'ou ratl" rlrrlre; 1111 rlrght to b.g, and not to live
Accustomed to John Reecl's abuse, I here rvitl-r gerrtlemeu's children like us,
never had an idea of replving to it; m)' and eat the same meals we do, and wear
Nero, Caligula (NlR oh, cuh LIG yuh luh) Roman emperors
borne (BAWRN) carried
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AurFroR BtocRAPHY
r,vriting dramas, stories and critic'r1 have been based in part on Br'- r-,: : '
\vere rather limited, her colorful, r'ii-id r-tnrequited love she had for e ir-. - -:. ,' ,.
imagination made up for r,r'hat she lacked boarding school she attencleti .:' r.'-.-- .
in experience, accomplishment, arrcl age. She began to develop the tir.::-- , . ' -
Her family moved to Han'orth, York- orphan girl in her adolescent Si. r'.:: .',' --
shire, when she was fonr vears old, .rncl continued them into her arltrlt r' . -- -: : - -
Bront lived there for the rest of her life most famous being lntrc Evt',' ',' --.-- - .-:
n'ith her sisters, Emilt' and Auue and her pr-rblishe d in 1847 .
Lrrother, Branwell. Anne and Emily also After Jnne Eyre, she pulrlisi'..r -i
n rote, and at one tirne the three sisters in 7819 and Villette in 1Ell. . :
joined together to publish a poetry book considered by many to be Brt r'.:- : .r' .':-
r-rsing the names Cltrrer, Ellis and Acton terpiece and is also one of the {r'c-: . , - ,
Bell to hide their true identities. By 1846, rian novels. It is also based ott tit. =: -
the sisters had each completed a novel. an orphan girl who lives iu Bni:s=-: .',-.-
Two themes run througl-r Bront's suffers from unrequited ior-e.
rvork, themes which she started to de- Between 1,848-49, Emilr, -\:-,-- - . ' --
velop in her adolescence and r,r'hich Branwell died, leaving Chariotte; .':-= ..'
remained consistent throughout her adult 1854 she married and n'as ha.'pr ::':- .'
rvriting; rival brothers and the orptran girl. very short time. A year later sire .i:e j
Painttrtg a'--.' --
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Lonctorr
A story can be presented from first- or Personal pronouns are words that can
third-person point of view. The first-per- take the place of nouns-in this case, the
son point of view is presented by the nar- names of persons. The form of the pro-
ratoL one of the characters in the story. noun to be used depends on two factors,
The third-person point of view is some- person and usage.
one outside the story. A third-person nar- First person refers to the speaker;
rator might know everything about each second person refers to the person being
character (omniscient), or he or she can spoken to; third person refers to another
be limited to that which is seen, known, person.
and felt by just one character.
Examples: I am happy.
A story told through a limited third-
You are happy,
person point of view has much in com-
5he is happy,
mon with one told through the first-per-
Usage indicates whether the pronoun
son point of view. ln both cases, the
is being used as a subject or an object in a
reader only sees events through the eyes
sentence.
and mind of one character.
Subject
1. From what point of view is this
Person Singular Plural
excerpt from Jane Eyre written? How
can you tell? First I WC