一位自小父母雙亡,倍受冷落的孤女,一直過著寄人籬下的生活,她如何打破困境,走出自我,堅強勇敢地與生活對抗,活出屬於自己的一片天空,讀者可在本書中找到答案,這是一部女性意識抬頭的典範作品。
簡愛從小住在舅母家,但她卻常被欺負,後來她被送到一所慈善學校,她在學校待了八年,後來她找到一份在尚恩菲爾做家庭教師的工作,她決定離開,展開新生活。
那是羅徹斯特先生的家,經過長期相處,簡愛對羅徹斯特先生逐漸產生了感情,甚至論及婚嫁。然而結局始終不能圓滿,就在他們結婚前一天,羅徹斯特先生結過婚的事實被揭發了……受不了真相的打擊,簡愛離開了羅徹斯特先生的家……
Jane Eyre's parents have died and she now lives with the family of her uncle (her mother's brother). Unfortunately, this uncle has died, too. Even though her aunt had promised her husband she would look after Jane, she now mistreats Jane regularly and finally decides to send her away to an institution for girls. Jane grows up at this institution. After graduating, Jane finds a job as a governess at Thornfield Hall. There she falls in love with the master, Mr. Rochester. However, her hardships are not yet over and quite a few shocks still lay ahead-shocks that test how strong her love really is. Jane Eyre has been abridged and simplified by Margery Green.
書籍特色:
◎Story to Remember(STR)是將膾炙人口的世界文學名著, 在儘可能保留原著風格下, 改寫得淺顯易懂。讀者不但可享受到閱讀文學作品樂趣, 也在不知不覺中增進了英文能力。
◎本系列共分Junior 及 Senior兩級, 書後附有難字、片語及故事背的註解, 以及測驗題可複習。