JaneEyreranksasoneofthegreatestandmostperenniallypopularworksofEnglishfiction.Althoughthepoorbutpluckyheroineisoutwardlyofplainappearance,shepossessesanindomitablespirit,asharpwitandgreatcourage.Sheisforcedtobattleagainsttheexigenciesofacruelguardian,aharshemployerandarigidsocialorder.Allofwhichcircumscribeherlifeandpositionwhenshebecomesgovernesstothedaughterofthemysterious,sardonicandattractiveMrRochester.However,thereisgreatkindnessandwarmthinthisepiclovestory,whichissetagainstthemagnificentbackdropoftheYorkshiremoors. 《简·爱》讲述了这样一个故事:简·爱自幼父母双亡,投靠冷酷的舅母,但舅母无情地抛弃了她。她在一所慈善学校做了六年的学生和两年的教师。十八岁时,简·爱受聘到桑菲尔德府学当家庭教师,认识了主人罗切斯特。两人都被对方独特的气质和丰富的感情所吸引,于是不顾身份和地位的巨大差距深深相爱了。正当他们举行婚礼时,有人证明罗切斯特的前妻还活着
Pride and Prejudice, which opens with one of the most famous sentences in English Literature, is an ironic novel of manners. In it the garrulous and empty-headed Mrs Bennet has only one aim - that of finding a good match for each of her five daughters. In this she is mocked by her cynical and indolent husband. With its wit, its social precision and, above all, its irresistible heroine, Pride and Prejudice has proved one of the most enduringly popular novels in the English language. 《傲慢与偏见》通过几位村镇中产阶级姑娘谈婚论嫁的故事,反映十八世纪末至十九世纪初英国社会的世态风习。小说情节曲折、富有喜剧性,语言自然流畅、机智幽默,以精湛的技巧揭示了生活的悲喜剧。十八世纪末叶,英国小说似乎发展到了一个潴留阶段。从这个世纪之初开始,以丹尼尔·笛福和乔纳森·斯威夫特为前导,英国小说经过亨利·菲尔丁、塞缪尔·理查森等小说大家的昌隆盛世,到