《簡•愛》的主人公簡•愛是一個自幼父母雙亡的孤女，在孤兒院惡劣的環境裏度過瞭八個淒苦艱難的春鞦，在那裏，她不斷地學習各種知識，終於成長為一名教師。成年後，她應聘到莊園主羅切斯特先生傢，為一個八歲女孩當傢庭教師。簡盡管相貌平平，但內心充滿智慧，男主人羅切斯特漸漸為她傾倒。而當簡也深深地迷戀上羅切斯特時，她意外地發現他的妻子還健在。簡毅然忍痛離開瞭所愛的人，獨自踏上前途未蔔的路程……然而，有情人終成眷屬，貧窮但不失尊嚴的簡終於得到自己的愛情。

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.

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