Jane Eyre -·Reading.3

Author: Hai Qing
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Publish Date: 2005-01-01
Features: The Lang Lang·Reading Classics Series is a fine gift presented by the Foreign Languages Press to the. It offers a wide range of topics and diverse styles; combines difficulty levels with precise annotations; and features an innovative and lively layout with numerous sections. Reading through it will immerse you in the enchanting world of English, allowing you to fully enjoy the charm and allure of English culture while rapidly improving your English skills in a relaxed and enjoyable way. Jane Eyre is the masterpiece of the renowned 19th-century British woman writer Charlotte Bront?. It is widely believed that Jane Eyre is a reflection of Charlotte Bront?'s "poetic life," a work with autobiographical elements. Charlotte Bront?, Emily Bront?, Anne Bront?, and Mrs. Browning formed the perfect trinity of the highest honor for women in that era. Jane Eyre's father was a poor clergyman, and when she was still young, her parents fell ill and passed away together. Jane was sent to live with her aunt, Mrs. Reed, at Gateshead Hall. Before his death, Mr. Reed had entrusted his wife to take good care of Jane. Jane's status at Mrs. Reed's house was even worse than that of a servant, and she endured constant bullying from her cousins. One day, her cousin struck her again, and Jane fought back. As a result, her aunt locked her in the red room, where her uncle, Mr. Reed, later died. Jane fainted from the ghosts she imagined in the room. She fell seriously ill and took a long time to recover. She no longer wanted to stay at Mrs. Reed's house, so Mrs. Reed sent her to Lowood Institution, an orphanage. The institution's headmaster was a cold hypocrite who tortured the orphans both mentally and physically. Jane formed a friendship with another orphan, Helen, and the teacher, Miss Temple, showed great concern for her. A contagious typhoid fever broke out in the orphanage, claiming many lives, and Helen died from it. This deeply affected Jane. After graduating, Jane stayed at the institution as a teacher for two years but couldn’t endure the loneliness and indifference there. She placed an advertisement for a position as a governess and thus arrived at Thornfield Hall. At Thornfield Hall, only the master, Rochester, and his adopted daughter, Adele Vance, lived there, and Rochester often traveled abroad, so Jane didn’t see him for several days after her arrival. One evening, Jane went for a walk and startled Rochester’s horse, causing him to fall off. Jane rushed to help him, and later at home, she learned that he was the master of Thornfield Hall. Rochester was a moody and unpredictable man, and he often debated with Jane over various ideas. Strange events kept happening at Thornfield Hall. One night, Jane was awakened by a strange laugh and found Rochester’s door open and a fire on his bed. She woke him up and extinguished the fire. Rochester told Jane that a seamstress named Grace Poole lived on the third floor, who was mentally unstable and often laughed in a terrifying manner. He asked her to keep this a secret. Rochester often attended parties, and one day, he invited guests to his house. Everyone assumed he would propose to Miss Blanche at the party. At the banquet, Rochester insisted that Jane join the guests in the drawing room, but the guests treated her with great disrespect. However, Rochester invited Jane to dance, and she felt a growing affection for him. One day, Rochester was away, and a Gypsy woman covered in a veil came to the house. When it was her turn to read Jane’s fortune, she discovered that the mysterious Gypsy was actually Rochester, who wanted to test Jane’s feelings for him. That same night, a stranger named Mason arrived at the estate. He was bitten by the mysterious woman on the third floor, and Jane secretly helped Rochester send him away. Soon after, Mrs. Reed sent someone to find Jane, saying her aunt was dying and wanted to see her. Upon returning to her aunt’s house, Mrs. Reed gave Jane a letter from her uncle, who had written three years earlier to inquire about Jane’s well-being and had left his inheritance to her. Mrs. Reed lied, claiming Jane had died at the orphanage, but before her death, she confessed the truth to Jane. Jane returned to Thornfield Hall, feeling as if she were coming home. Upon her return, Rochester proposed to her, and she accepted, happily preparing for the wedding. The night before the wedding, Jane was startled awake from a dream in which a tall, ugly woman was wearing her wedding dress and tearing it to pieces. Rochester told her it was just a dream, but the next morning, Jane found that her wedding dress had indeed been torn into shreds. The wedding was held as planned, but an unexpected guest burst into the church, claiming the ceremony could not proceed. He declared that Rochester had married Bertha Mason, his cousin, fifteen years earlier. Rochester admitted the truth and led the guests to see the madwoman locked on the third floor—his legal wife. She had a hereditary mental illness, and it was she who had set fire to Rochester’s room and torn Jane’s wedding dress. Devastated, Jane left Thornfield Hall. Her savings were exhausted, and she begged for food along the way, eventually collapsing at the doorstep of the Rev. St. John. He and his two sisters rescued her. Jane stayed with them, and St. John helped her find a job as a country teacher. Jane left Thornfield Hall, her savings exhausted, and begged for food along the way, eventually collapsing at the doorstep of the Rev. St. John. He and his two sisters rescued her. Jane stayed with them, and St. John helped her find a job as a country teacher. Soon after, St. John received a notice from his family lawyer, informing him that his aunt, Jane Eyre, had died and left him ￡20,000, asking him to help find Jane. St. John discovered that Jane was his cousin and insisted that she share the inheritance with him. St. John decided to go to India as a missionary and, before leaving, proposed to Jane. However, he frankly told her that he was marrying her not out of love but because he needed a well-educated assistant. Jane felt she should repay his kindness but hesitated to accept. That night, St. John waited for Jane’s answer in the moors, and just as Jane was about to make a decision, she seemed to hear Rochester calling her name from afar, "Jane, come back! Jane, come back!" She decided to return to Rochester’s side. When Jane returned to Thornfield Hall, the entire estate had been destroyed. It turned out that several months earlier, on a night of fierce thunder and rain, the madwoman, Bertha, had set fire to the entire hall. Rochester had been blinded in the fire while trying to save her and lived alone in a farm several miles away. Jane rushed to his side, confessed her love, and they finally married. Two years later, one of Rochester’s eyes was healed, and he saw their child, the first one they had together.