Jane Eyre

Author: Zhao Yuchen
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Publish Date: 2006-02-01
Features: Jane Eyre is an enduring classic in the history of world literature. Its captivating charm has not faded with time, nor has it been a fleeting phenomenon, forgotten by people. Orphaned at a young age and unremarkable in appearance, Jane Eyre is raised by her aunt, Mrs. Reed, where she endures bullying from her cousins and abuse from her aunt. The abnormal atmosphere makes Jane Eyre mature early and develop a sense of rebellion. At the age of ten, she is sent by her aunt to Lowood School, a church-run institution, where she spends eight years that are hard for ordinary people to imagine. Later, due to fatigue from teaching, she becomes a governess at Thornfield Hall. Here, her dignified yet humble demeanor attracts the love of the moody and weathered master, Rochester. However, on their wedding day, Jane discovers that Rochester already has a mentally ill wife. Jane Eyre, with the love story of the plain and stubborn young girl Jane Eyre and the moody, weathered Rochester as its main thread, reveals the essence of human nature, the purity of love, and the greatness found in the ordinary and the found in the silent. It shocked the world upon its release. As the author Charlotte Bront? once said to her two sisters (authors of Wuthering Heights and Agnes Grey, respectively), "I want to write a heroine for you to see, who is just as plain and short-statured as I am, yet she will be just as capable of captivating readers as any heroine you have written."