Jane Eyre (Translated from the Original by the Classics Library) 001

Author: (British) Bronte (Bronte, C.) wrote, translated by Zhu Qingying
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Publish Date: 2006-08-01
Features: "She's on the windowsill, that's for sure, Jack," I quickly came out, because the thought of being dragged out by that Jack made me tremble. "What do you want?" I asked, both embarrassed and timid. "Say 'What do you want, Master Reed,' that's the answer." "I want you here," he said as he sat down in an armchair and gestured for me to come and stand in front of him. John Reed was a fourteen-year-old student, four years older than me, and I was only ten. For his age, he could be considered tall and stout, with dark, unhealthy-looking skin, a large face, rough features, and thick limbs with large hands and feet. He was accustomed to gobbling down food at the dinner table, which made him prone to irritability, hazy eyes, and slack cheeks. Recently, he should have been at school, but his mother brought him home for a couple of months, saying "because his health was poor." Mr. Miles, the teacher, concluded that as long as fewer cakes and sweets were sent to him at home, he would do well; but the mother did not want to hear such harsh advice and preferred a gentler perspective, attributing John's poor complexion to overstudying, perhaps also to homesickness...