Hello Sasha, As Jane Eyre was written about 170 years ago some of the language can look a bit odd due to the rate at which English evolves. A bit of context - being sent away to school means being sent to boarding school. 1. 'Send' is a verb and can be left to function by itself in relation to a noun/ pronoun: "I will send the letter," or," I will send it." 'Away,' is used here as an adverb to modify of give more detail to 'send'. The difficulty here is that 'away' is such a general idea that it does not seem to add much detail. However, what it appears to do here is to emphasise the idea of distance from home for the girls and also the idea of a disconnection. Perhaps also, because 'away' is so general a concept it displays a lack of caring on the parents' part? As in they only want the children away from the house? (This sentence has a health warning - perhaps I am reading too much into it! English analysis can do this!) 2. The phrase 'Sent away to school,' indicates they were sent away - possibly far away - to a boarding school, where they would stay the whole term - sleeping, eating, etc. My history is not up to scratch on this subject, but I think this is an English/ U.K. tradition for those with money. As such, both sisters could well have died while attending school for the term. Context is everything when learning a language! Hope this helps. Alasdair