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Originally Posted by issybird
In the context of other 19th century novels, such as those of Dickens, Trollope, George Eliot, Tolstoy, Dostoyevsky, Balzac and so on, Jane Eyre is a quick read.
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And as far as length, I've read and enjoyed A Tale of Two Cities and the EPUB page count (818) is less than the Jane Eyre (1071). And Great Expectations comes in at 1048.
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... It was a selection in the old MRBC, IIRC, so you could always post in the discussion thread once you’ve read it.
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As for your other point, given that you don’t even hang on to major plot points of books you’ve read, I can’t see that it would be difficult to forget anything you inadvertently run across before you stop reading a comment about a book you haven’t read and plan to read - especially if you’re not going to pick it up tomorrow, say, or at least this week. 
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And vice versa? If everyone knows the classics, and there is no need to do spoilers, surely they have been discussed to death and any new discussions will add nothing new other then how people "feel".