Jane Eyre

《简•爱》的主人公简•爱是一个自幼父母双亡的孤女，在孤儿院恶劣的环境里度过了八个凄苦艰难的春秋，在那里，她不断地学习各种知识，终于成长为一名教师。成年后，她应聘到庄园主罗切斯特先生家，为一个八岁女孩当家庭教师。简尽管相貌平平，但内心充满智慧，男主人罗切斯特渐渐为她倾倒。而当简也深深地迷恋上罗切斯特时，她意外地发现他的妻子还健在。简毅然忍痛离开了所爱的人，独自踏上前途未卜的路程……然而，有情人终成眷属，贫穷但不失尊严的简终于得到自己的爱情。

Orphaned Jane Eyre grows up in the home of her heartless aunt and later attends a charity school with a harsh regime, enduring loneliness and cruelty. This troubled childhood strengthens Jane's natural independence and spirit - which prove necessary when she finds a position as governess at Thornfield Hall. However, when she finds love with her sardonic employer, Rochester, the discovery of his terrible secret forces her to make a choice. Should she stay with him and live with the consequences, or follow her convictions, even if it means leaving the man she loves? A novel of intense power and intrigue, Jane Eyre (1847) dazzled and shocked readers with its passionate depiction of a woman's search for equality and freedom.