难道就因为我一贫如洗，默默无闻，长相平庸，个子瘦小，就没有灵魂，没有心肠了——你想错了，我的心灵跟你一样丰富，我的心胸一样充实！

——《简爱》夏洛蒂

《简爱》是英国文学史上的一部经典传世之作，它成功地塑造了英国文学史中第一个对爱情、生活、社会以及宗教都采取了独立自主的积极进取态度和敢于斗争、敢于争取自由平等地位的女性形象。

大凡喜爱外国文学作品的女性，都喜欢读夏洛蒂的《简爱》。如果我们认为夏洛蒂仅仅只为写这段缠绵的爱情而写《简爱》。我想，错了。作者也是一位女性，生活在波动变化着的英国19世纪中叶，那时思想有着一个崭新的开始。而在《简爱》里渗透最多的也就是这种思想——女性的独立意识。让我们试想一下，如果简爱的独立，早已被扼杀在寄人篱下的童年生活里；如果她没有那份独立，她早已和有妻女的罗切斯特生活在一起，开始有金钱，有地位的新生活；如果她没有那份纯洁，我们现在手中的《简爱》也不再是令人感动的流泪的经典。所以，我开始去想，为什么《简爱》让我们感动，爱不释手——就是她独立的性格，令人心动的人格魅力。

然而，我们不禁要问，仅这一步就能独立吗？我认为，不会的。毕竟女性的独立是一个长期的过程，不是一蹴而就的。它需要一种彻底的勇气，就像简爱当年毅然离开罗切斯特一样，需要“风潇潇兮易水寒，壮土一去兮不复返”的豪迈和胆量。我想，这应该才是最关键的一步，也应该是走向独立的决定性的一步。而夏洛蒂笔下的简爱却把她倔强的性格，独立的个性留给我们一个感动。所以她是成功的，幸福的女性。

简爱已作为独立女性的经典，我希望阳光下，鲜花里有更多的简爱走出来，不管是贫穷，还是富有；不管是美貌，还是相貌平庸，都有美好的心灵和充实的心胸，都能以独立的人格和坚强的个性生活。

《简·爱》是一本具有多年历史的文学著作。至今已152年的历史了，它成功地塑造了英国文学史中第一个对爱情、生活、社会以及宗教都采取了独立自主的积极进取态度和敢于斗争、敢于争取自由平等地位的女性形象。

《简·爱》的问世曾经轰动了十九世纪的文坛，在英国文学史上，被称为一部经典传世之作，它以一种不可抗拒的美感吸引了成千上万的读者，有一种抑制不住的冲动，驱使人拿起这本书，随之深深感动，心灵也为之震颤。

这是一部带有自转色彩的长篇小说，是英国十九世纪著名三姐妹作家之一的夏洛蒂·勃朗特所著。这是一本用自己的心与强烈的精神追求铸炼成的一本书，含着作者无限的情感和个性魅力，为女性赢得了一片灿烂的天空。

任何文学作品都是作者体验生活的结晶，从书中多少可看出作者的影子。《简·爱》也是如此，大量的细节可以在作者的生活中得到印证。当然 《简·爱》并不是一本自传 ，作者只是把自己丰富的生活经历融进了一部充满想象力的文章里。人们知道《简·爱》是作者生活中的写照，但又有多少人知道作者是在怎样的情况下写下《简·爱》的呢？

夏洛蒂.勃朗特《简·爱》的作者出生于1816年英国约克郡索恩托镇的牧师家庭，排行第三，前面有两个姐姐，后面有两个妹妹和一个弟弟。姐弟妹共6个。由于自小失去母亲，父亲因为经济与精力两不俱足，便不得不把夏洛蒂和她的两个姐姐及弟弟，送进由慈善机构创办的寄宿学校。那里的环境和生活条件很差，加上创办人苛刻的管束和严厉的处罚，冻饿和体罚便成了孩子们惯常的生活。不久，肺病夺去了两个姐姐的生命，父亲赶紧让夏洛蒂和弟弟逃离死亡的魔窟，返回家中。

1831年夏洛蒂进入罗赫德寄宿学校，这里的情况截然不同，夏洛蒂不但学业上很有长进，而且日子也过得十分愉快。虽然只呆了一年零四个月，但这儿温馨的生活给她留下了难忘的印象。

后来夏洛蒂在1835年返回罗赫德任教，两个妹妹跟随读书，抵去部分酬金，三年后离去。1838至1842年她与妹妹们辗转各地，以家庭教师为生。但因为这一职业地位低下，薪金微薄。又使姐妹们天各一方，难以相聚；她们便毅然放弃，决心自己创办学校。经过种种努力虽然它们热衷于办学，并做了种种准备，但最后依然没有成功。而这时父亲病倒了，颇有才气的弟弟染上了酗酒和吸毒的恶习，沦为废人。而家庭经济的重压越来越大，于是就在这种极度困难的情况下，夏洛蒂和妹妹们开始了写作。

她们姐妹三人经常在聚在一起，如饥如渴的读书，绘画和写作。书本开启了她们的心扉，提高了她们的学养；多难的生活使她们早熟，善于洞察世情；独特的经验为创作提供了充足的源泉；于是当她们的创作热情喷薄而出的时候，世界文学史上便奇迹似的在同一年，同一个家庭诞生了三部传世之作；夏洛蒂的《简·爱》，艾米莉的《呼啸山庄》和安妮的《阿格尼斯·格雷》。

除《简·爱》外，夏洛蒂还创作了《雪莉》，《维莱特》，《教师》，这些都是她之后的作品虽然评价都很不错但都不及《简·爱》的影响力大。

但谁知天妒英才，上帝毫不吝啬的塑造了这个天才之家，又似乎急不可耐的向他们伸出了毁灭之手。他们的才情才刚刚被人们所认识，便一个个流星似的消失了。

先是多才多艺的弟弟夭折了。接着撰写不朽之作《呼啸山庄》的艾米莉于同年12月亡故。随之，次年五月另一个妹妹安妮离世。五年后的1854年，夏洛蒂在与丈夫出去散步时遇雨得病，于1855年3月31日故去，年仅39岁。 里面还有很多

《简爱》是一本具有多年历史的文学著作。至今已152年的历史了。它的成功在于它详细的内容，精彩的片段。在译序中，它还详细地介绍了《简爱》的作者一些背景故事。

从中我了解到了作者夏洛蒂．勃郎特的许多事。她出生在一个年经济困顿、多灾多难的家庭；居住在一个远离尘器的穷乡僻壤；生活在革命势头正健，国家由农民向工业国过渡，新兴资产阶级日益壮大的时代，这些都给她的小说创作上打上了可见的烙印。

可惜，上帝似乎毫不吝啬的塑造了这个天才们。有似乎急不可耐伸出了毁灭之手。这些才华横溢的儿女，都无一例外的先于父亲再人生的黄金时间离开了人间。惜乎，勃郎特姐妹！

从这本书中，可以看出它塑造了一个体现新兴阶级的某些要求的女性形象，刻画了工业革命时期的时代精神

《简爱》是英国文学史上的一部经典传世之作，它成功地塑造了英国文学史中第一个对爱情、生活、社会以及宗教都采取了独立自主的积极进取态度和敢于斗争、敢于争取自由平等地位的女性形象。

夏洛蒂笔下的简爱却把她倔强的性格，独立的个性留给我们一个感动。所以她是成功的，幸福的女性。

简爱已作为独立女性的经典，我希望阳光下，鲜花里有更多的简爱走出来，不管是贫穷，还是富有；不管是美貌，还是相貌平庸，都有美好的心灵和充实的心胸，都能以独立的人格和坚强的个性生活。

第二篇：《简爱》读书笔记Jane Eyre

The Submissive Aspect in Jane EyreJane Eyre is a poor but aspiring, small in body but huge in soul, obscure but self-respecting girl. After we close the covers of the book, after having a long journey of the spirit, Jane Eyre, a marvelous figure, has left us so much to recall and to think:We remember her goodness: for someone who lost arms and blinded in eyes, for someone who despised her for her ordinariness, and even for someone who had hurt her deeply in the past.In my mind, though a person’s beauty on the face can make others once feel that one is attractive and charming, if his or her mind isn’t the same beautiful as the appearance, such as beauty cannot last for, when others find that the beauty which had charmed them was only a falsity, it’s not true, they will like the person no more. For a long time, only a person’s great virtue, a noble soul, a beautiful heart can be called as AN EVERLASTING BEAUTY, just as Kahill Gibran has said, that ‘Beauty is a heart enflamed and a soul enchanted’. I can feel that how beauty really is, as we are all fleshly men, so we can’t distinguish whether a man is of nobleness or humbleness, but fleshly men, so we can’t distinguish whether a man is of nobleness or humbleness, but as there are great differences in our souls, and from that, we can know that whether a man is noble or ordinary, and even obscure, that is, whether he is beautiful or not.Her story makes us thinking about life and we learn much from her experience, at least, that is a fresh new recognition of the real beauty.Jane Eyre is a touching story of a strong lady, Jane Eyre. She lost her parents when she was still an infant. After spending a painful time at her aunt’s house and a school whose rules were too rigid for a child, she became an tutor at Thornfield and felt in love with her boss—Mr. Rochester. However, she was not able to marry him for he already had a wife, who was a bulky and crazy. The desperate Jane left him and accidentally found her cousins and inherited her uncle’s legacy. She shared the money with her cousins. When she found out her love, Mr. Rochester was blind she decisively went back to him.Every human being can find his reflection in Jane Eyre. She was not pretty, not brilliant, not wealthy and had no family. Similarly we were all born with some defects or other. In other words, we are all bound to face these imperfections of life and we all need the strength to live with them. Sometimes we need some role models to warm our hearts and light our paths. Jane Eyre is one. However gloomy her days were she never lost her dignity nor did she give herself up. So when we lose hope or complain about the imperfections of life we can always get some guidance and reassurance from Jane.I would also like to point out another thing I admire about Jane. Wealth could never affect her peace of mind. She was not overwhelmed by the joy of getting a large amount of money from his uncle. She generous

ly shared it with her cousins. When Rochester was blind and lost his big house Jane immediately came to his help and comforted him. Her love was generous and pure, like the spring sun reviving the desert in Rochester’s heart. Money is just an additional bonus of life. It is a tool, a means but never the main tune of life. Only love can be the reason of life. Only love can heal the broken hearts and carry the desperate ones through the gloomy days.Jane Eyre is part of me and is now residing in my heart. She will give me strength and power when I am depressed.Jane Eyre is a novel written by Charlotte Bronte, an English woman novelist in the 19th century. This story is set in England in the 19th century. It starts with the ill-treatment that the heroine Jane Eyre gets in her aunt’s family and her rebellious actions towards it. The story goes on with her experience in a cruel and inhumane charitable institution “Lowood”, where she suffers coldness and starvation and witnesses death, but luckily gains knowledge. After eight years’ training in Lowood, six as a student and two as a teacher, Jane leaves Lowood and seeks a position as a governess in Thornfield. It is in Thornfield that she meets her future husband, Edward Rochester, but on their wedding day Edward is proved to be a married man. In facing this situation, Jane leaves Edward. But later, when Edward’s wife dies and Edward is disabled, Jane returns to Edward and takes the responsibility to look after him. In the end, they get married and live a happy life.In this novel, Jane Eyre is depicted as a woman rebelling against convention. This can be clearly seen in her relationship with Edward Rochester. When she finds that she has fallen in love with Edward, a man at her father’s age, she bravely expresses her love rather than cowers back, not letting age become the barrier of love. When she receives her master’s love, she refuses those easily-obtained fortune or wealth but insists on being a governess all the same and earning her own living, holding the belief that a woman should be independent in a family. Although in this novel, Charlotte does successfully create such an unconventional woman, the unconventionality is not thorough, because the submissive aspects in Jane’s character can still be seen.First of all, she succumbs to people’s opinions on women’s appearance. She sticks to the belief that beauty is indispensable in forming a perfect lady. Being a plain-looking girl, Jane has a strong inferiority complex about her look, even when she becomes a well-educated lady. When living in her aunt’s family, she attributes her dislike by the family partly to her plain appearance. She mentions that if she was handsome, her aunt would endure her presence more complacently; her cousins would entertain for her more of the cordiality of fellow-feeling; the servants would be less prone to make her the scapegoat of the nursery. When being a governess in Thornfield

and seeing Miss Ingram, she feels incompetence to win Edward’s love against such a beautiful lady at first sight. Then in the party, she carefully observes Miss Ingram and Edward, and in her mind strongly expresses the feeling that they don’t truly love each other and Miss Ingram doesn’t suit Edward in personality. As to this point, it shows Jane’s jealousy about Miss Ingram’s beauty. She seems to declare that if she has beauty, she can no doubt win Edward’s love. And this can be further proved in her later declaration of love to Edward. She says that: if God had gifted me with some beauty and much wealth, I should have made it as hard for you to leave me, as it is now for me to leave you.In addition, she gives in to the traditional emphasis on women’s chastity. On the wedding day of Jane and Edward, Jane surprisingly knows that Edward has a living wife. Though she witnesses the insanity of his wife and realizes the hard life that Edward lived with such a mad woman, she refuses to marry him in that situation. Regardless of Edward’s confess and entreaty, Jane leaves him. If Jane was thoroughly unconventional, she could accept Edward’s love and becomes a mistress and then lives a carefree life with her beloved Edward, but she doesn't do this. She can’t accept being a mistress. As a woman, she regards legal marriage status the precondition in the combination of a man and a woman.Last but not least, she bends her knee to God. In this story, God always appears when Jane can’t make her decision, and each time she chooses to follow the God’s direction. When Jane is deep in dilemma whether to stay or leave after the cancellation of the wedding ceremony, it is the God’s voice that ultimately leads her leaving Edward. Later in the moor house, she submits herself to St. John, a devotional God admirer, doing many harsh tasks and trying her best to meet his requirements, though these are not favorable to her. After St. John proposes to Jane several times, Jane is bewildered. She can’t decide whether to live in England to keep her love for Edward or follow St. John to a far-away place to do divine missions. At this time, she asks a favor from God. If she didn't hear Edward’s call, most probably she would follow St. John to fulfill God’s mission as long as life endures if God directs her to do so.Jane Eyre is one of my favorite books. In this novel, Charlotte creates a successful woman character: Jane Eyre. She is self-respecting and independent, but also has the submissive aspects as a woman. If you are interested in people of such characteristics, this book is a good choice for you to consider.I think Jane Eyre is an excellent novel and I bellieve it is read and enjoyed by many people even today. The whole story is narrated by Jane in past-tense. In this way we can observe the heroine’s inside world clearly.Jane is certainly a classic model of brilliant woman in the Victorian Era. Charlotte created suc

h a character with simple words and sentences. Just compare her name “Jane” with those noble lady’s name-“ Georgiana”, “Blanche”, “Rosemond”-and you will know that she was plain in features but strong in character. I gain much courage from her as she struggled with her fate all the time. She had never surrendered to bad circumstances and always sought for true love and independence. I think the most moving scene in the story is when the secret was revealed and Jane decided to leave Rochester. What a strong determination did she have that she abandoned all she had including her true love to maintain her principles!In this novel, Charlotte criticized the Victorian assumptions about gender and social class. It has also raised questions on other subjects such as religion, gender relations, etc. Some critics have pointed out that there are too many coincidences in the story that it is nearly unbelievable. But all in all it is a good novel. Book Report of Jane Eyre 2009-10-18 17:24I have read a book called Jane Eyre. It has 274 pages. The book was wrote in 1846, and it’s the second novel of Charlotte Bronte. It was first published in autumn, 1847. Although the story is fictional, the life of the heroine and other peolple are based on the author or other people’s real life. It is said that, the book made a hit in the literary world when it first came into being. More than 100 famous scholars recommended this book together. Many peolple love it very much. The auther of the book, Charlotte Bronte, was born in Yorkshire, England. She had four sisters and a brother. The two younger sisters are also writers, and they’ve been called “Bronte Sisters”. Bronte’s mother died early, so their life were hard. But their father was knowledgeable, he often tought them read books. So Charlotte had great interesting in literature since she was young. In August, 1824, she was sent to a boarding school with her two sisters. The Lowood school in Jane Eyre was based on this shhool, and the lovely Helen was based on her older sisiter Maria. The physical conditions of the school were hard, it do harm to Charlotte’s health. After returning home, Charlotte learn music, painting, and writing with her sisters. When she was 14, she has wrote many novels, poems and plays. In the following years, she went to school and be a teacher after gratuation. In 1839 and 1841, she tried to be a tutor. But the job was discriminated at that time. She can’t bear that. Then she wanted to start a school with her sisters, but it also failed. She still had faith in writing. In antumn 1845, she published a book of poems. But only two of the books had been sold. The difficulty didn’t made them give up. The tried novels for a change. They sent their novels tigether. Two months later, Wuthering Heights by Emily and Agnes Grey by Anne, was accepted, but Charlotte’s The professor was sent back. Charlotte didn’t give up

and started another novel called Jane Eyre. And finally she succeeded. She also had many other famous books, such as Shirley and Villette. The heroine of the book is Jane Eyre, and the hero is Mr Rochester. They fell in love with each other. There are some other charactors in this book. Mrs Reed, Jane’s aunt, and her three child Eliza Reed, Georgiana Reed and Jone Reed. They all treat Jane bad when she was in their home. Jane’s mother Jane Reed and Jane’s father Jone Eyre both died when Jane was a baby. Mr Brocklehurst is the headmaster of Lowood school, he is man like Mrs Reed. In Lowood school, Jane makes friends with Helen. She is a nice girl, it’s a pitty she dies in Lowood. The housekeeper of Mr Rochester, Mrs Fairfax, is Jane’s friend. Bertha Mason is Rochester’s wife. But she has madness.She invite Jane to be Adele’s governess. And Adele is the daughter of Rochester’s friend. After Jane leave Rochester’s house, she live in Moor House. She lives there with Diana, Mary and St John Rivers. That’s the main characters of this book.The book tells us the story of Jane Eyre’s life. She has a hard childhood. She was discriminated in her aunt’s house. She can’t live like other children. And her cousin always punish her. Lowood school also fill with fear and death. The hard living condition makes Jane strong. She keeps seeking beautiful life and never give up. In her opinion, love should be equal. Though her social status is lower than Rochester, but she never care about that. In her eyes, they were the same. When she know that Mr Rochester has a wife, she leave him. Because she think she has been cheated, her self-respect is wounded. She leave the big house, because there’s something she think more important than money. But when she hear Mr Rochester’s house has burnt and Rochester has been disabled, she go to find him immediately. She protect her self-respect and find her true love.The story impressed me deeply. I admire Jane very much. She stands for independent ladies. From her story I can feel a strong lady fight for equal and true love. Nowadays many people think money is the most important thing, but in order for self-respect she can throw away every thing. And she finally find her true love. Besides we can also learn from her firm in character and her seeking for knowledge. We should keep our soul pure and fight for our dreams. The world is always so beautiful.