Reflections on Jane Eyre
星期三, 01月 30th, 2008My favorite English novel was Jane Eyre, which was written by Charlotte Bronte, the eldest of the famous “Bronte Sisters”. The work was one of the most popular and important novels of the Victorian age. If you have not read it, listen to me.
It told the story of an orphan girl called Jane Eyre, the daughter of a poor parson. She lost her parents shortly after her birth, and then her uncle Mr. Reed became her guardian. But after her uncle’s death, she was sent by Mrs. Reed to a charity school for poor girls in Lowood, where she lived an intolerable life for eight years. Then Jane became a governess to a little girl in the family of a squire Mr. Rochester. The two gradually fell in love with each other. While they were about to hold their wedding ceremony in the church, Jane learnt that Rochester had got a wife who was mad and locked in a private room. Shocked by the news, Jane fled from the house. After many twists and turns, the two united together finally. (more…)