简·爱：英文版（世界名著精选）

在看这本书之前，已经看了很多同名的电影和电视剧，非常喜欢。这次看了书，更加喜欢简·爱了，欣赏她的独立，欣赏她保持爱的尊严的勇气。在1970 英美合拍的电影版本中（苏珊娜·约克饰演简·爱，乔治·C·斯科特饰演罗切斯特），有一段经典台词让我记忆深刻，这次找到书中原文，在此摘录一下： 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! 你以为，因为我贫穷、卑微、平凡、矮小，我就没有灵魂，没有心吗？你错了！我和你有一样多的灵魂，一样多的心！如果上帝赐予我美貌和财富，我会让你难以离开我，就像现在我难以离开你一样。我现在和你说话，不是通过习俗、传统，甚至不是通过肉体，而是我的灵魂在和你的灵魂对话，就像我们都经过了坟墓，站在上帝的脚下，是平等的！ 想到夏洛蒂·勃朗特是在1847年写成的《简爱》，更觉这部作品意义深远！