LITERATURE CLASS XII IPA 1

LITERATURE 

chapter 1 my story begins in 1825 I was

10 years old my father and mother were

dead I lived with my aunt and uncle

mr. and mrs. Reid their house was called

Gateshead Hall

the house was in Yorkshire in the north

of England my aunt and uncle Reid had

two children a boy John and a girl Eliza

I liked my uncle Reed and he liked me

but in 1825 my uncle died after that I

was very unhappy my aunt Reed did not

like me and John and Eliza were unkind

to me it was a cold rainy day in

December all of us were in the house I

wanted to be alone I wanted to read

I opened a book then I heard my cousin

John's voice Jane Jane Eyre where are

you John shouted he came into the room

and he saw me why are you reading my

book he asked give it to me John took

the book he hit my head with it I

screamed John hit me again I pulled his

hair and I kicked him help help

L'Amour John shouted Jane Eyre is

hurting me aunt Reed ran into the room

she pulled me away from John John hit me

with a book I said I hate him and I hate

you too you are a bad girl Jane my aunt said why

do you hate me you don't like me I

replied John and Eliza are unkind to me I want

to leave Gateshead Hall you want to

leave aunt Reed said where will you go

your parents are dead you cannot live

alone aunt Reed thought for a moment my

friend mr. Brocklehurst is the owner of

a school she said I will send you to mr.

Brocklehurst school a few days later mr.

Brocklehurst came to Gateshead Hall he

was a very tall man his eyes were dark

and his face was cruel Jane Eyre he said

to me God does not like bad children God

punishes bad children Jane Eyre God will

punish John Reed I replied

John Reed hits me and he shouts at me

that is not true you are a liar Jane

Eyre mr. Brocklehurst said you must not

tell lies and you must not live here

with your cousins

you will come to Lowood school you will

become a good girl I want to come to

your school sir I said I want to leave

this house bad girls are punished at my

school Jane Eyre mr. Brocklehurst said

the girls work very hard at Lowood I

will work hard I will be a good pupil

mr. Brocklehurst I said two weeks later

I left Gateshead Hall I went to Lowood

school