簡·愛：英文版（世界名著精選）

在看這本書之前，已經看了很多同名的電影和電視劇，非常喜歡。這次看了書，更加喜歡簡·愛了，欣賞她的獨立，欣賞她保持愛的尊嚴的勇氣。在1970 英美合拍的電影版本中（蘇珊娜·約克飾演簡·愛，喬治·C·斯科特飾演羅切斯特），有一段經典臺詞讓我記憶深刻，這次找到書中原文，在此摘錄一下： Do you think, because I am poor, obscure, plain, and little, I am soulless and heartless? You think wrong! I have as much soul as you, and full as much heart! And 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. I am not talking to you now through the medium of custom, conventionalities, nor even of mortal flesh, it is my spirit that addresses your spirit, just as if both had passed through the grave, and we stood at God’s feet, equal, as we are! 你以爲，因爲我貧窮、卑微、平凡、矮小，我就沒有靈魂，沒有心嗎？你錯了！我和你有一樣多的靈魂，一樣多的心！如果上帝賜予我美貌和財富，我會讓你難以離開我，就像現在我難以離開你一樣。我現在和你說話，不是通過習俗、傳統，甚至不是通過肉體，而是我的靈魂在和你的靈魂對話，就像我們都經過了墳墓，站在上帝的腳下，是平等的！ 想到夏洛蒂·勃朗特是在1847年寫成的《簡愛》，更覺這部作品意義深遠！