Jane Eyre is written by Charlotte Bronte, published in 1847 pen-name "Currer Bell". This novel presents a number of conflicts and struggles within Jane and between Jane and other characters, conflicts which must be resolved for her to achieve self-fulfillment and happiness:
Reason and common sense range against feeling and imagination. Jane must learn to subordinate her passions to her reason. She must also learn to control imagination, which may take the form of superstition, as when she is locked in the Red Room. When she is a child, her passions erupt unchecked, with both positive and negative results.
Jane's need for love is so great that, according to Charles Burkhart, "Love is a religion in Jane Eyre." A closer scrutiny of Jane's romantic relationships raises the question of whether they are really power struggles for control and, perhaps, show some sado- masochistic tendencies.
She must also learn to adapt her desire for experience and independence to her dependent position.
An orphan, she suffers the humiliations of being dependent on the charity of wealthy relatives. Though as an adult she supports herself as a teacher and a governess, she insists on her status as a lady and struggles with feelings of inferiority. She alternates between submission and rebellion, between passivity and self-assertion, between restraint and freedom.
Jane's quest for self-fulfillment is tied to her spiritual growth. When divine love and human love prove incompatible, Jane is forced to choose between them.
《简爱》是一本世界名著， 每次看的心情和感受都不一样，是一本非常值得看的书。这本书所揭示的人生价值在于，一个人的真正价值在于尊严与爱。简爱的魅力, 我相信看完这本书的朋友会喜欢上女主角Jane: 简爱长得相貌平平，也不富有，但是，简爱有着执着的信念和不屈的精神，勇敢地追求自己的真爱，她努力的学习工作，努力地生活最终拥有独立的财产和心爱的人。简爱中一幕幕的情节都催人泪下，使人更加坚强。
《简爱》的独特之处不仅在于小说的真实性和强烈的感染力，还在于小说塑造了一个不屈于世俗压力、独立自主、积极进取的女性形象。简爱是一个心地纯洁、善于思考的女性。她生活在社会底层，受尽磨难，她苦难的生活遭遇令人同情。她蔑视权贵的骄横，嘲笑他们的愚蠢，显示出自强自立的人格。她勇敢地与罗切斯特先生相爱，然而当她发现罗切斯特还有妻子的时候，又毅然地离开了他。在寻找新的生活出路的途中，简爱风餐露宿，沿途乞讨，历尽磨难，最后被牧师圣约翰收留，并在当地一所小学校任教。不久，简爱得知叔父去世并给她留下一笔遗产，同时发现圣约翰是她的表兄，简爱决定将财产平分。因为简对罗切斯特的爱始终如一，她拒绝了表兄的求婚，回到了桑菲尔德。这时的罗切斯特因为遭遇火灾已经双目失明，失去了一只手。但简爱对他不离不弃，毅然地和他结了婚，得到了自己理想的幸福生活。她那倔强的性格和勇于追求平等幸福的精神为人们所赞赏。小说所表达出的女性在工作上以及婚姻上追求独立平等的思想，在当时不同凡响，对英国文坛也是一大震动。
