📙 Chapter 4: A Modern, Thriving Society
Who wrote 'Jane Eyre'?
Correct answer: Charlotte Brontë
A Jane Austen
B Emily Brontë
✓ Charlotte Brontë
D Anne Brontë
💡 Explanation
Charlotte Brontë wrote 'Jane Eyre'.
Key facts to remember
- Jane Austen — 'Pride and Prejudice', 'Sense and Sensibility'
- Charles Dickens — 'Oliver Twist', 'Great Expectations', 'A Christmas Carol'
- Brontë sisters: Charlotte ('Jane Eyre'), Emily ('Wuthering Heights'), Anne
- Thomas Hardy — 'Far from the Madding Crowd', 'Tess of the d'Urbervilles'
- Tolkien — 'Lord of the Rings', 'The Hobbit'
- Ian Fleming — James Bond; JK Rowling — Harry Potter
Why this is the answer
From the official Life in the UK study material — 4.5.5 Literature:
Britain has produced many of the world's greatest writers. Jane Austen wrote novels about the English gentry, including 'Pride and Prejudice' and 'Sense and Sensibility'. Charles Dickens wrote about life in Victorian England in novels such as 'Oliver Twist', 'Great Expectations', and 'A Christmas Carol'. The Brontë sisters (Charlotte, Emily, and Anne) wrote 'Jane Eyre', 'Wuthering Heights', and 'The Tenant of Wildfell Hall' respectively.
Thomas Hardy wrote novels set in the English countryside, including 'Far from the Madding Crowd' and 'Tess of the d'Urbervilles'. In the 20th century, JRR Tolkien wrote 'The Lord of the Rings' and 'The Hobbit'. Ian Fleming created the James Bond character. More recently, JK Rowling wrote the Harry Potter series, which has been translated into over 70 languages.
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