简爱英文章节概括及读后感

第一篇：简爱英文章节概括及读后感

Chapter1 Summary: Jane Eyre was always ill-treated at Gateshead Hall where her aunt, Mrs.Reed and her cousins-Eliza, John and Georgiana lived.Once, she was reading on the window-seat behind a curtain.John came and drove her away.To her anger, she defended herself, but her aunt came and commanded to lock her in the red-room.Feelings: I feel really bad for Jane as a child at her age.Imagine if I were her at that time, I may give myself up and die early.Even if facing such bad situation, she still loved reading.I admire her very much.Chapter2 Summary: Jane was dragged away by two servants, Bessie and Miss Abbot, and locked in the red-room.It was the place where her Uncle Reed died.Thus, the whole atmosphere reminded her of ghosts.She couldn’t stand it anymore and passed out.Feelings: I can’t help feeling that Jane was suffering some kind of mental disease because her aunt and cousins’ attitude towards her.Poor little child!I hope some time in the future it can be healed.Chapter3 Summary: The doctor Mr.Lloyd came to see if Jane was OK.He asked her whether she would like to go to school or not and that was all.Meanwhile, Miss Abbot told Bessie about Jane.Her mother was Mr.Reed’s sister.She married a nearly penniless clergyman, and her father was furious and had nothing more to do with her.They went away to work among poor people, caught typhoid, and died when Miss Jane was a baby, so she was sent to Gateshead Hall.Bessie felt sorry after hearing these.Feelings: Jane was sure unfortunate, but to some extent, she was really lucky.She had someone like Bessie who cared about her.I think Jane will start a new life at school.Chapter4 Summary: Jane was introduced to a school’s headmaster Mr.Brocklehurst.Her aunt talked bad about her to that tall, grim man, which means her school life didn’t have a good beginning.Feelings: I just feel sick for Mrs.Reed’s behavior.One cannot judge others no matter what, let alone she was Jane’s aunt.What she had done could probably destroy Jane’s whole life!

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Chapter5 Summary: Jane arrived at a school at Lowood.The living condition there was really poor.Girls there only had a little food to eat and some of it couldn’t be called as “food”.But there was a teacher called Miss Miller who cared about the girls, ordering extra bread and cheese for them.Feelings: I wonder why on earth there was a school like that in the past.What kind of parents would send their children to hell on earth? I am worried about Jane right now.Chapter6 Summary: Helen was a friend of Jane when she was at school.There was a teacher called Miss Scatcherd who was always directed against Helen.She scolded Helen whenever she had a chance.But Helen was pretty positive towards these.She believed that since life was short, we should be happy.Feelings: Helen had a strong character as a kid.I think that must due to her early experience as an orphan.She could face anything peacefully.Many adults can’t do that in my opinion.Chapter7 Summary: Mr.Brocklehurst announced to all the girls in the school that Jane was a liar and he warned them against her.But Helen trusted her and gave her courage.Feelings: It’s rude to say bad things about others no matter in front of them or behind their backs.Mr.Brocklehurst’s behavior can be really hurtful.Chapter8 Summary: Miss Temple was another person who chose to believe Jane.She asked Mr.Lloyd whether Jane’s side of story was true.As Mr.Lloyd convinced Jane’s word, Miss Temple announced to the school that Jane was innocent of Mr.Brocklehurst’s charges against her.Feelings: Miss Temple is that kind of person who gives you a light of hope when you are truly down.It’s a great luck to have such a person be your side and support you.I think Miss Temple will influence Jane throughout her lifetime.Chapter9 Summary: Typhoid fever struck Lowood when spring came.Thus, many of the students were kept apart.Helen was also ill, not typhoid but with consumption.Knowing Helen might die soon, Jane couldn’t help tiptoeing to the room Helen

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stayed in to be with her as her last company.They spent a night together and Helen died in Jane’s arm during her dream.Feelings: Helen’s death was a great loss for Jane in my opinion.But anyhow, Helen’s spirit leaves a deep impression on me, and I believe, on everyone who has ever read this book.Chapter10 Summary: Soon after the typhoid, there was an inquiry, which brought to light the truth about Lowood with its wretched clothing, poor food, and bad conditions.Lowood was put into the care of kind and sensible trustees, and both diet and clothing improved.After six years of study there, Jane became a teacher.After her tutor both in study and in life, Miss Temple, get married and left, Jane decided to leave as well.On her last night at Lowood, Bessie visited her with her son Bobby.She brought the news about Gateshead to Jane.Feelings: It’s time for Jane to find a new place to go.She had been at Lowood for so many years and she should search for some new opportunity and start a new life at Thornfield Hall.Chapter11 Summary: On arriving at Thornfield Hall, Jane met the house keeper Mrs.Fairfax and her student Adele whose guardian was Mr.Edward Fairfax Rochester, who was also the owner of the house.She also met a solidly built servant called Grace Poole.Feelings: I guess Jane can live an at least comfortable life here at Thornfield Hall since nobody is after her.Jane’s bright new life starts right now.Chapter12 Summary: Jane met Mr.Rochester on her way to post a letter.Mr.Rochester sprained his ankle in the lane.Feelings: It’s a pretty strange way to meet your employer the first time like that.I bet there would be interesting stories between them.Chapter13 Summary: Adele was having a lot of trouble concentrating when she knows Mr.Rochester was downstairs—she kept trying to sneak downstairs to see him or to guess what presented he might have brought her.Mr.Rochester and Jane talked about Jane’s early experiences and Mr.Rochester called Jane as elf.Thus, Jane considered Mr.Rochester changeful and abrupt.Feelings: I kind of feel the same as Jane did.How could an almost stranger say such rude thing during our first chat? If I were Jane, I might be really angry.3 / 11

Chapter14 Summary: One evening, Rochester sent for Jane and Adele after dinner.Suddenly, because she was staring at him, Rochester asked Jane if she thought he’s handsome.Without thinking, she gave an honest answer: no.Rochester told her that he’s feeling chatty tonight, and ordered Jane to chat with him about something.While Jane and Rochester had been talking, Adele had run out to try on one of the dresses that were among her new presents from Rochester.When she comes back and frolics around in the dress, she looks just like her mother.Feelings: I don’t know why but I just feel that the whole conversation between them is super intense and kind of awkward to me...Chapter15 Summary: One day when Mr.Rochester and Jane were wandering in the garden, Mr.Rochester talked about Adele’s mother, Celine Varens.That evening, Jane finds Rochester asleep in his bed with the curtains and his bedclothes on fire, and she puts out the flames and rescues him.Feelings: I feel like the relationship between Jane and Mr.Rochester is changing-I see something about love.Chapter16 Summary: Mrs.Fairfax told Jane that Mr.Rochester was taking a trip to Mr.Eshton’s house which was filled with girls who were fond of Mr.Rochester, especially Blanche Ingram, Lord Ingram’s daughter.After hearing this, Jane was pretty sure that Mr.Rochester would not be with her no matter what, so she became really sad.Feelings: I don’t think Mr.Rochester is that kind of guy who only cares about money and beauty to be honest.And if he has feelings for Jane, he may marry her.Chapter17 Summary: Everyone spends the three days making frantic preparations for all the guests.When they rode up, some in carriages and some on horses, a beautiful woman in a purple dress was riding beside Rochester.It’s Blanche Ingram!The visitors enter, and Jane sat with Adele, half-listening to their noise and trying to keep Adele from running down and bothering them.Blanche and Rochester sang a song, and Jane wanted to leave, but she’s mesmerized by Rochester’s voice.As soon as he finished, she slipped out into the hallway.Rochester came out after Jane and asked why she didn’t come and talk to him in the drawing room.He wanted her to come back, but he could tell she’s about to cry, so he let her go.Feelings: Now I am more than sure that Jane was in love with Mr.Rochester

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completely.It’s obvious that Miss Blanche’s heart is not as beautiful as her appearance, so basically Mr.Rochester won’t choose her over Jane.Chapter18 Summary: With Rochester absent, a stranger arrived at Thornfield.The stranger, whose name was Mason, claimed to be an old friend of Mr.Rochester’s.Later that day, a strange gypsy woman arrived, offering to tell their fortunes.Blanche Ingram went first.Everyone waited excitedly for her to come back and tell them what the woman said, but when she did come back she said the woman was obviously a fraud.The servant, Sam, told Jane that the gypsy woman said she knew there’s another single woman in the group, and that she thought that must mean her.Jane’s curious about the woman, so she went to see her and had her own fortune told.Feelings: Though I wonder who Mason was, I’m more excited about the story between Jane and that “gypsy woman”.It could be really interesting!

Chapter19 Summary: Jane entered the library and saw the old gypsy woman reading a prayer-book by the fire.Her hat and handkerchief threw shadows over her face.The gypsy asked Jane about Mr.Rochester, and when she didn’t say much in response, the gypsy suggested that Mr.Rochester was in love with Blanche Ingram.Jane admitted that the rumor was that Rochester and Blanche were engaged, but corrected the woman on one thing—they were not in love.In a moment, the woman’s voice changed—the old gypsy woman was Mr.Rochester in disguise, and he’s just been messing with everyone.She told him about Mason’s arrival, and he’s so horrified that he couldn’t even stand up anymore.Then, Jane called Mason to meet Mr.Rochester in the room.Feelings: From this chapter, I’m happy to see that Mr.Rochester loved Jane too and he wanted to see if Jane had the same feelings as he did.From our point of view, they both love each other more than anything.However, Mr.Rochester’s behavior shows that Mason’s presence means something terrible has happened, or will happen.Chapter20 Summary: Everyone in the house is woken up by all the noise.The guests stumble around in the corridor in their robes, but nobody seems to know what’s going on.Jane gets dressed, then sits by the window waiting.Mr.Rochester knocks on her door and asks her to come with him.He sends Jane back to get a sponge and some salts.Rochester tells Jane to stay with Mason and to make sure he stays awake, but not to talk to him at all for any reason.He gives her the sponge, which is bloody now, so that she can tend to the wound a little, too.For a

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long time, Jane stays there, wiping blood, trying to keep him conscious.Rochester says that he warned Mason, and Mason should have listened.Mason says he thought he could have done something to make things better.While Mason is sent away, Rochester and Jane are left alone together outside the house, and he asks her to walk with him in the woods as the sun is rising before they go back to Thornfield Hall.Feelings: Mason is bitten by somebody!Who on earth he is? Why he comes to Thornfield? Who is the person that bites Mason? What’s their relationship with Mr.Rochester? There are still lots of answers to be found.Chapter21 Summary: One afternoon, Jane is visited by Mr.Reed’s coachman.He tells Jane that John Reed is dead and that Mrs.Reed had a stroke when she heard.Jane goes in to see Mrs.Reed, who is lying ill in bed.Mrs.Reed is still harsh and bad-tempered, but she does want Jane to stay so that they can talk things over.As she’s dying, Mrs.Reed apologizes to Jane for concealing a letter from Jane’s uncle, John Eyre, which came three years ago.Mrs.Reed lets Jane read the letter, in which John asked where Jane was so that he could write a will making her the heir of his fortune when he died.Then Mrs.Reed admits something else: she wrote to John Eyre and told him Jane died of typhoid at Lowood.Feelings: Mrs.Reed’s behavior crossed the line.No matter what she has no right to conceal Jane’s letter from her uncle.She could treat Jane badly, but when somebody else wants to treat her like his own child, she just robbed her chance away? That’s not what elder people should do to her child.Chapter22 Summary: Jane goes back to Thornfield.During the next two weeks, it’s pretty quiet and seems like Mr.Rochester is busy preparing his wedding with Blanche Ingram.Feelings: Sometimes things are not like what it seems to be.I’m sure it is Jane who Mr.Rochester really loves and the bride is going to be Jane instead of Blanche Ingram.Chapter23 Summary: Rochester asks Jane to walk with him.Jane and Rochester sit on the bench under the chestnut tree.Rochester asks her to marry him.And of course, Jane agrees.Feelings: Looks like what I guess finally comes true.But everything is just way too perfect…

Chapter24

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Summary: The next morning, Jane is blissfully happy and wonders if this is all a dream.Rochester starts telling Jane about all the fancy jewelry and clothes he’s going to give her.She looks him in the eye, and tells him that, if he keeps decking her out in expensive clothes and jewelry and behaving so badly about it, she’ll never wear anything he buys her.Feelings: The dialogues between them are cute and full of sweetness.They could have a successful marriage.Chapter25 Summary: The previous evening, Jane went to bed, but couldn’t sleep.She thought she could hear a weird howling sound in the wind.When Jane woke up, there was a burning candle on the table in her room.Then Jane noticed that her closet door was open and someone was messing with her wedding dress and veil.Jane sat up in bed, shocked: the woman wasn’t anyone she knew at Thornfield, but someone else, a stranger.The stranger was a tall woman with long, dark hair dressed in white;her face was disturbing, with bloodshot red eyes, swollen, dark lips, and thick black eyebrows.The strange woman was wearing Jane’s wedding veil, and, as Jane watched, the woman pulled it off, tore it in half, and trampled on it.Jane asks Mr.Rochester who the woman is.Rochester says that she imagined this nightmarish creature.Jane’s not really satisfied with this explanation, but she pretends to be to make Rochester feel better.Feelings: It could be a nightmare even if in dreams, let alone it real happens.That strange woman might be somebody who has a special and interesting identity.Chapter26 Summary: It's the day of Jane and Rochester's wedding.It should be the happiest day of Jane's life, but during the church ceremony two men show up claiming that Rochester is already married.Mrs.Rochester is Bertha Mason, the “madwoman in the attic” who tried to burn Rochester to death in his bed, stabbed and bit her own brother, and who’s been doing other creepy things at night.Rochester was tricked into marrying Bertha fifteen years ago in Jamaica.Rochester claims that he’s not really married because his relationship with Bertha isn’t a real marriage.He wants Jane to go and live with him in France, where they can pretend to be a married couple and act like husband and wife.Jane refuses to be his next mistress and runs away before she’s tempted to agree.Feelings: What a mess!I bet that’s not what Mr.Rochester wants and also not what Jane wants.Actually, none of them did anything wrong, but life is life.Chapter27 Summary: Jane stays in her room for most of the day with a debate raging in her

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head: does she really have to leave Thornfield? Rochester wants Jane to go with him to France and live with him in a villa there as his “virtual” wife.He claims that he’s not really married and that Jane would basically be his wife, not his mistress.Jane realizes that what matters most is her own respect for herself, and that it’s even more important for her to cling to her principles at this difficult moment.Jane wakes up early and packs a few small things, leaving all the presents Rochester bought her.Feelings: God bless Jane!Hope she has made the right choice and will start a new life somewhere else.Chapter28 Summary: Jane travels in a random direction away from Thornfield.Having no money, she almost starves to death before being taken in by the Rivers family, who live at Moor House near a town called Morton.Feelings: Jane is not that lucky, she never made it to live a happy life she wants.But she is lucky, too.She has got some warm-hearted people who are willing to help when she is in danger.I don’t know how to express that, but it’s sad to know life isn’t easy at all.Chapter29 Summary: The Rivers siblings—Diana, Mary, and St.John—are about Jane’s age and well-educated, but somewhat poor.They take whole-heartedly to Jane, who has taken the pseudonym “Jane Elliott” so that Mr.Rochester can’t find her.Feelings: Jane has friends at her own age right now.They could get along with each other well.Chapter30 Summary: Jane wants to earn her keep, so St.John arranges for her to become the teacher in a village girls’ school.St.John gets a letter stating that the Rivers’ Uncle John is dead.Jane watches as all the members of the Rivers family behave somewhat strangely about this—they’re not exactly sad;she’s not sure what they’re feeling.St.John explains that their uncle had argued with their father long before, and that he had a fortune of twenty thousand pounds, but decided to leave all the money to another relative.Feelings: Well, Jane has an uncle whose name is John, and the Rivers happens to have an Uncle John too? That’s definitely not a coincidence.The truth is that the Rivers are actually Jane’s cousin!She has her family right now!

Chapter31 Summary: Jane moves into her little cottage, which is simple but adequate.St.8 / 11

John tells her about his own experience—a year ago, he thought that he hated being a priest, but then he felt called by God to become a missionary.A young woman comes up and wishes St.John good evening.St.John completely freaks out for a moment, but then calms himself down and turns to talk to her.Jane notices how beautiful the woman is.It turns out that this is Miss Rosamond Oliver, the daughter of the man who’s paying Jane’s salary.Miss Oliver says she’ll come and help Jane out at the school sometimes.Miss Oliver tries to talk to St.John about normal things like a recent dance, but St.John is cold and disapproving.Feelings: I do think St.John is like that kind of crazy man who knows nothing but hi work.He may do harm to Jane.Chapter32 Summary: On a school holiday, Jane is sitting alone at home, finishing the picture of Rosamond Oliver, when St.John drops by to bring her a new book to read.When he sees the portrait, he becomes disturbed.Jane asks St.John about the portrait for a bit, and eventually he admits that he knows it’s of Rosamond.She offers to make a copy for him—if he will admit that he wants one.St.John admits that he wants a copy of the picture, but says that it wouldn’t be good for him to have it.St.John pulls a piece of scrap paper over the portrait so that he doesn’t have to look at it anymore—and then he sees something on the paper that really surprises him.Jane can’t figure out what it is, but he tears off a piece and keeps it.Feelings: Clearly Rosamond Oliver and St.John love each other.So I think it’s not worthy of giving up their love and insisting on choosing a missionary’s wife.Chapter33 Summary: St.John arrives, even though he had to struggle through the snow.He won’t tell her why he’s there, and he’s behaving really strangely.She starts to worry that he might be a little bit insane.It comes out that Diana, Mary, and St.John are all Jane’s cousins!When Jane’s Uncle Mr.Eyre dies and leaves his fortune to Jane, she shares her inheritance with the other three.Feelings: Jane hadn’t had the feeling of being with true families since she was sent to Gateshead Hall.I’m so happy for her that she finally finds a real home for her.Chapter34 Summary: St.John wants to be more than Jane’s cousin.He admires Jane’s work ethic and asks her to marry him, learn Hindustani, and go with him to India on a long-term missionary trip.Jane refuses because she knows she doesn’t love St.John.Jane offers to go to India with him, but just as his cousin and co-worker, not as his wife.St.John won't give up and keeps pressuring Jane to marry him.9 / 11

Feelings: I still can’t understand St.John’s insane behavior.Things end up like nobody is happy.Chapter35 Summary: Just as Jane’s about to give in, she supernaturally hears Mr.Rochester’s voice calling her name from somewhere far away.Feelings: I know Jane is meant to be Mr.Rochester’s wife.Even if they are so far away from each other, they can still hear the other’s voice through their heart.Chapter36 Summary: Jane arranges a journey back to Thornfield.Jane comes up toward Thornfield walking along the wall of the orchard.She peeks out from around a corner of the wall...and sees a complete ruin.It’s burned down, blackened and collapsed.Shocked, Jane goes back to the inn and asks the host what happened.From him she learns the whole story of what happened: Bertha burned down the house in the middle of the night by setting fire to what used to be Jane’s own bed.Rochester saved the servants and then climbed up to a high wall where Bertha was standing to try to rescue her, but she jumped off and committed suicide.Rochester was blinded and lost a hand when the wall collapsed.Jane asks where Rochester is now, and the innkeeper tells her that he’s at his other home, Ferndean.Jane arranges to go there in a chaise right away.Feelings: Oh!Mr.Rochester is disabled right now.I couldn’t help thinking if Jane didn’t leave Thornfield, Mr.Rochester won’t lose his sight and his hand, and they could have live a happy life right now.Is Jane’s decision to leave wrong? It’s not obviously.Maybe that’s what life is like, full of strange combinations of circumstances.Chapter37 Summary: Jane goes to Ferndean to find Rochester.When she comes up to the house, she sees him coming out and watches him for a long time without letting him know she’s there.Jane offers to be Rochester’s nurse or housekeeper, convinced that he will immediately ask her to marry him again, but he doesn’t.Jane insists that Rochester eat supper, which he usually doesn’t.In the morning, Jane comes down to breakfast, and then takes Rochester outside so they can stroll in the wood and meadows.They sit down in a dry place and Rochester asks Jane to tell him where she’s been and what’s happened to her.Rochester laments his blindness and lost hand, but asks Jane to marry him anyway.She accepts gladly.Rochester also tells Jane that, four days before, between eleven and twelve at night, he called her name three times frantically—and he heard her respond.He thinks that perhaps they met in spirit.Jane doesn’t tell Rochester that she heard him call her name and responded to him while she was sitting, miles away，10 / 11

with St.John.Feelings: Just like “No matter the ending is perfect or not, you cannot disappear from my world.” Even though Mr.Rochester loses something, he gains love and that’s the most important thing for him.The story finally comes down to this point and I just wish they can be happy together..Chapter38 Summary: They have a quiet wedding, and after two years of marriage Rochester gradually gets his sight back.They also have a son.Feelings: What can I say right now? I’m just honored to see such a romantic life experience of Jane Eyre, who is that kind of women I admire.Question1 Mr.Rochester asked Jane Eyre twice to marry him.(In Chapter23 and Chapter37)Jane agreed to both but the first time they didn’t get married successfully because Jane knew about Mr.Rochester had already been married during their wedding.I think the reason why Jane chose to marry to Mr.Rochester even if he lost one of his hands and got blind was when she was away from Mr.Rochester at the Moor House, she realized she really cared about and was deeply in love with him.This time she chose to follow her heart instead of others’ words or judgments.Where there is great love, there are always miracles.Question2  Turning point No.1: when Mrs.Reed sent her to Lowood  Turning point No.2: when Jane met Helen and Temple at Lowood  Turning point No.3: when she left Lowood and started to teach at Thornfield Hall  Turning point No.4: when she fall in love with Mr.Rochester  Turning point No.5: when she knew Mr.Rochester had already been married and decided to leave Thornfield Hall  Turning point No.6: when she found the Moor House as a shelter  Turning point No.7: when she noticed her friends was also her family  Turning point No.8: when she returned to find Mr.Rochester

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第二篇：简爱概括

1、盖茨黑德的悲惨遭遇

简爱从小父母双亡，被寄养到舅舅里德先生家，舅舅死后将她托付给他妻子，但舅妈十分讨厌她，她还常受到表哥表姐的欺辱，但她仍有着强烈的自尊。一次她反抗表哥约翰的毒打被关在里的舅舅死去的红房子里，简爱在里面看到移动的光以为是鬼魂，她受尽精神折磨昏死过去，后来在善良的劳埃德医生的帮助下她到洛伍德学校上学，她对未来又充满新憧憬。

2、洛伍德的学习生涯

因为简的反抗，里德舅妈把简送到洛伍德学校，那里教规严厉、生活艰苦，教师大多冷漠无情，校长是个伪君子，简在物质精神受到双重折磨，但她也结交了好朋友——宽容的海伦，还有她崇拜的老师谭波儿，她学习也很上进。一场瘟疫随着春天的到来把疾病带到了学校里，海伦不幸患病最终离世，后学校在各界的帮助下有了改善，简在学校学了钢琴绘画等技能，简毕业后又在校任教了两年，由于谭波尔结婚离开了，她也厌倦了这种生活，便登报求职，获得了一份在桑菲尔德任教的职业，便离开了学校。

3、初见罗切斯特

简只身来到桑菲尔德庄园，受到善良的管家费尔法克斯太太的热情款待，并见到了她的学生阿黛尔，桑菲尔德庄园非常美丽，简过着平静的生活，她很喜欢这里，只是经常听到奇怪的笑声。一日她主动帮费尔法克斯太太送信到干草村，半路在台阶上休息，一人策马奔来，不幸滑倒，简上前帮忙被拒绝，由于马不听简的使唤，只好让简帮忙扶上马。简送完信回到桑菲尔德，发现仆人都忙着收拾屋子，才知道主人回来了，正是路上见到的那个人。

4、突发大火

桑菲尔德庄园不断发生奇怪的事情。一天简在睡时忽然听到一阵奇怪的笑声，停下来后简出去一看，发现罗切斯特房门是开着的，里面冒出许多黑烟。简进去发现蜡烛点燃了床幔，她忙扑灭了大火叫醒罗切斯特并将他扶出房间。后罗切斯特告诉简三楼住着一个女裁缝格雷丝·普尔，常发出诡异的狂笑，他要简保守这个秘密。

5、奇妙的感觉

罗切斯特和简第一次见面，简向他展示了钢琴绘画等技能，自尊善良的简给罗切斯特留下了深刻的印象，傲慢的罗切斯特却让简觉得从容自然，后来罗切斯特寻找了许多机会和简倾心交谈，从中了解了简的身世经历，简也了解了罗切斯特的经历和性情变化的原因，慢慢地罗切斯特对简充满信任和依赖，而简也对罗切斯特产生了朦胧的爱意。

6盛大的晚宴

大火之后，罗切斯特外出使简思念万分，两周后，罗切斯特带回一群高贵的客人，举行了盛大的晚宴。宴会上充斥着雍容华贵使简觉得自卑，英格拉姆小姐的出现更让她觉得自己的地位与罗切斯特相差甚远，其实罗切斯特早已爱上简，一天他扮作吉卜赛人给女人们算命，轮到简时意图试探简对自己的感情，简也发现这是罗切斯特。来自西印度群岛的梅森的到来打破了桑菲尔德的宁静，夜里简被打斗和尖叫声吵醒，罗切斯特安顿好客人后找简寻求帮助，他们给梅森擦拭伤口并叫来医生，第二天清早把他送走了，而罗切斯特的信任使简觉得倍加温暖。

7、重回盖茨黑德府

一天，盖茨黑德府的车夫利文来到桑菲尔德找简，告诉简里德太太家的现状，简得知自己的表哥约翰里德玩世不恭挥霍完家产就自杀了，里德太太受到打击中风病倒，她要见简最后一面，简请假后便和车夫利文回到盖茨黑德。病重的里德太太向简坦承了自己的过错，并告诉简一个秘密——她有个叔叔曾要收留简，可她却谎称简已在洛伍德学校病死，里德太太依然不能接受简，便在烦恼中死去了，而善良的简决定原谅自己的舅妈。

8、准备婚礼

简从盖茨黑德回到桑菲尔德，他误以为罗切斯特和英格拉姆准备结婚，很伤心想离开，罗切斯特告诉她这是为了试探她的爱并向她求婚，简答应了。罗切斯特到镇上为简买了两段绸子和大量首饰，但简注重的是彼此的尊重和独立的人格，这打消了管家费尔法克斯太太的疑虑，赢得了罗切斯特的尊重。简在婚礼前夕噩梦连连，被惊醒后她发现有个面目狰狞的女人在试戴她的头纱并将其撕破，简被吓昏过去。后罗切斯特解释这是一场梦，但简认为婚纱的确撕破了，后罗切斯特承诺结婚后为她揭开谜底。

9、婚礼噩梦（后）

结婚前的一个月很快过去了，一切都准备好了，简怀着对新生活的向往走进教堂，然而一个律师带来的消息却使婚礼中断，梅森作证：“罗切斯特十五年前已和梅森的姐姐结婚了。”愤怒的罗切斯特把大家带回庄园并告诉牧师和简家里的那个疯女人就是他活着的妻子，简陷入了巨大的痛苦，尽管罗切斯特和他妻子的婚姻名存实亡，尽管她渴望能和罗切斯特在一起，但她凭着道德信仰和尊严仍作出了理智的决定——离开桑菲尔德。

10、婚礼噩梦（前后）

简回到桑菲尔德答应了罗切斯特的求婚，她用冷静的态度对待炙热的爱，婚礼前夕，简朦胧地看到一个高大的女人撕毁了她的面纱，虽然罗切斯特坚称是一场梦，但面纱的确被撕毁了，婚礼照常举行，一个律师前来阻止了婚礼，梅森作证：“罗切斯特几年前已和梅森的姐姐伯莎梅森结了婚，”愤怒的罗切斯特带大家到三楼密室，那儿关着他的疯妻，恐怖的笑声、纵火、梅森被咬伤都是她干的，尽管简很爱罗切斯特，但她凭道德信仰和尊严仍作出理智决定——离开桑菲尔德。

10、出走流浪

简得知罗切斯特已有妻子，他陷入巨大的痛苦，尽管她很爱罗切斯特，尽管她知道罗切斯特和他妻子的婚姻名存实亡，但她的理智战胜了情感，于是她离开了桑菲尔德。她一路颠簸来到惠特劳克斯，由于匆忙竟忘了带包裹下车，且身无分文，她风餐露宿，四处流浪，历尽艰辛，终于昏倒在牧师圣·约翰家门口，圣·约翰忙和他两个妹妹把简救进屋去。

11、意外之财

简在沼泽山庄在圣·约翰的帮助下在一所学校任教，可是平静的日子还是没持续多久，简的叔叔约翰爱临终前给简留下一笔两万英镑的遗产，这消息由圣约翰的偶然发现捎带给她，此时简也得知圣约翰是她表哥，善良的简便将遗产和圣·约翰三兄妹平分了。

12、圣约翰的求婚

简爱辞去了教学工作接受了叔叔的遗产，经历了诸多磨难的简幸福地享受来之不易的平静安宁日子，她对这一切感到非常满足，圣·约翰表哥的照顾和关怀也让她感动，她甚至答

应圣·约翰表哥学习印度斯坦语，而对传教事业极为狂热的圣·约翰打算去印度传教，他请求简嫁给他，因为他认为简的优秀品质十分适合做一个传教士的妻子和助手，冷静下来的简拒绝了他的要求，决意用自己的方式追求幸福。

13、久别重逢

面对圣约翰的求婚，简有些动摇，但来自心底的呼唤使简要去找他，怀揣着美好憧憬的简最终回到了桑菲尔德庄园，那座宅子已成废墟，她从旅店老板那得知疯女人放火后坠楼身亡，罗切斯特双目失明，失去一只手，简赶到芬丁庄园和他重逢，互诉爱意，而后结婚，在他们的孩子出世时罗切斯特的一只眼睛也复原了，他们过上了自己理想的幸福生活。

第三篇：简爱英文读后感

简爱英文读后感

《简·爱》是十九世纪英国著名的女作家夏洛蒂·勃朗特的代表作，人们普遍认为《简·爱》是夏洛蒂·勃朗特“诗意的生平写照”，是一部具有自传色彩的作品。讲述一位从小变成孤儿的英国女子在各种磨难中不断追求自由与尊严，坚持自我，最终获得幸福的故事。小说引人入胜地展示了男女主人公曲折起伏的爱情经历，歌颂了摆脱一切旧习俗和偏见，成功塑造了一个敢于反抗，敢于争取自由和平等地位的妇女形象。

《简爱》英文版读后感

Oliver Twist, one of the most famous works of Charles Dickens’, is a novel reflecting the tragic fact of the life in Britain in 18th century.The author who himself was born in a poor family wrote this novel in his twenties with a view to reveal the ugly masks of those cruel criminals and to expose the horror and violence hidden underneath the narrow and dirty streets in London.The hero of this novel was Oliver Twist, an orphan, who was thrown into a world full of poverty and crime.He suffered enormous pain, such as hunger, thirst, beating and abuse.While reading the tragic experiences of the little Oliver, I was shocked by his sufferings.I felt for the poor boy, but at the same time I detested the evil Fagin and the brutal Bill.To my relief, as was written in all the best stories, the goodness eventually conquered devil and Oliver lived a happy life in the end.One of the plots that attracted me most is that after the theft, little Oliver was allowed to recover in the kind care of Mrs.Maylie and Rose and began a new life.He went for walks with them, or Rose read to him, and he worked hard at his lessons.He felt as if he had left behind forever the world of crime and hardship and poverty.How can such a little boy who had already suffered oppressive affliction remain pure in body and mind? The reason is the nature of goodness.I think it is the most important information implied in the novel by Dickens-he believed that goodness could conquer every difficulty.Although I don’t think goodness is omnipotent, yet I do believe that those who are kind-hearted live more happily than those who are evil-minded.For me, the nature of goodness is one of the most necessary character for a person.Goodness is to humans what water is to fish.He who is without goodness is an utterly worthless person.On the contrary, as the famous saying goes, ‘The fragrance always stays in the hand that gives the rose’, he who is with goodness undoubtedly is a happy and useful person.People receiving his help are grateful to him and he also gets gratified from what he has done, and thus he can do good to both the people he has helped and himself.To my disappointment, nowadays some people seem to doubt the existence of the goodness in humanity.They look down on people’s honesty and kindness, thinking it foolish of people to be warm-hearted.As a result, they show no sympathy to those who are in trouble and seldom offer to help others.On the other hand, they attach importance to money and benefit.In their opinion, money is the only real object while emotions and morality are nihility.If they cannot get profit from showing their ‘kindness’, they draw back when others are faced with trouble and even hit a man when he is down.They are one of the sorts that I really detest.Francis Bacon said in his essay, ‘Goodness, of all virtues and dignities of the mind, is the greatest, being the character of the Deity, and without it, man is a busy, mischievous, wretched thing, no better than a kind of vermin.’

That is to say a person without goodness is destined to lose everything.Therefore, I, a kind person, want to tell those ‘vermin-to-be’ to learn from the kind Oliver and regain the nature of goodness.

第四篇：《简爱》英文读后感

Jane Eyre 读后感

Every time I read the story, I will be shocked deeply from my spirit.Or it’s just the relief.What I must admit is that I just want to make up for my lack of English literature, but I was attracted by it, touched by the main character of the story.Jane Eyre is a poor but aspiring, small in body but huge in soul, obscure but self-respecting girl.After we close the covers of the book, after having a long journey of the spirit, Jane Eyre, a marvelous figure, has left us so much to recall and to think.Jane was an ordinary girl without charming appearance, but she fell in love with her employer deeply.At first, she buried the love in her heart.When walking after the tea or dinner, she tried to appear that nothing had happened, but she always opened her memory to miss what they got along with each other.She also tried her best to fins out the marriage between Mr Rochester and Miss Englame.While, Rochester just appeared to be close to Englame, his favorite love was Jane.Actually, they loved each other very much;the words which Rochester said to Jane touched me.“Sometimes you just give me a particular feeling, and to those who use their beauty to stay with me, I find out that they don’t have the spirit as well as heart.I will be gentle and faithful forever.” As a common girl, I think Jane also moved by the words.It was thought that Jane and Mr Rochester would live a happy life, but it was stopped by a sudden accident.Jane left Rochester because his crazy wife showed up.Then the crazy woman died, Rochester blinded after saving his crazy wife.Rochester became poor in the fire, he lived in a wooden house among the forest alone.At this moment, Jane came back.Eventually, they lived together happily.Jane pursues the independent and the fair between woman and man.Though she has a hard experience, she loves her life, besides;she takes the love to the people who need it.In order to pursue a fair, true love, she even gave up her love which she is desired for.In my heart, Jane is a girl with love and reality;she tries her best to live better.Her life is beautiful as the stars.Maybe in our general idea, it just is a love story.But on my individual level, it is perfect after I read it my times.And the moved story teaches me how to treat my life, the environment surrounding, and my feelings and how to treat people around us.Love, friendship, relationship are the great value to human beings.Learning how to love others, thank others is important.I admire and appreciate Jane.While we can’t ignore another character, Helen, a girl has the love the same as Jane.Helen is an angel in my heart.She is not extraordinary because she gives up the real life completely which makes her a high degree.She is cute, however, the angel in our heart are all cute.When Jane was abused by others, she found Helen’s eyes were strange, at last she understand that it was the true brave.Jane was just able to comfort herself with it, she couldn’t step into the spirit of Helen’s heart, and it was the difference between them.It also suggested that a little girl who could behave like this was really admirable.While, her destination or her home, is the heaven.Helen died at a very young age, but all her life was wonderful.When I woke up from my dream, I tried my best to seek the words and descriptions about Helen.Somehow I couldn’t receive the message that she died.To make me relief was that I ignored a detail.In the book on the gravestone of her described her “Resurgam”.The meaning of the Latin is “living again”.Then I was comfortable.I like the two characters in the story.We are satisfied with the final result because life needs light.We always like to search comfort from the book that it don’t exist in the reality.The world is full of various tragedies, if all the results are not wonderful, we can not find the hope.After read the book, we remember her goodness: for someone who lost arms and blinded in eyes, for someone who despised her for her ordinariness, and even for someone who had hurt her deeply in the past.I am like a companion with Jane went through a period of seemingly ordinary but again not mediocre life.Actually the life of Jane isn’t on a grand and spectacular scale, but she experiences an extraordinary way.Though a little bitter, she will be happy under the care of angel.Generally speaking, this is our life.In fact, one has endless thoughts for the life.I always think in a difficult situation, if and when the hardships of this life is done, if and when the road of time no longer curves, if and when I try my best to walk to the end, will I be able to see the blinding sunlight? For the most important meaning in life is that, struggling through your trials you realize the value of your life, while taking away all the bitter misfortunes.Only then will we see the true radiance of the golden sun.

第五篇：简爱英文读后感

简爱英文读后感：

This is a story about a special and unreserved woman who has been exposed to a hostile environment but continuously and fearlessly struggling for her ideal life.The story can be interpreted as a symbol of the independent spirit.It seems to me that many readers’ English reading experience starts with Jane Eyer.I am of no exception.As we refer to the movie “Jane Eyer”, it is not surprising to find some differences because of its being filmized and retold in a new way, but the spirit of the novel remains----to be an independent person, both physically and mentally.Jane Eyer was a born resister, whose parents went off when she was very young, and her aunt，the only relative she had，treated her as badly as a ragtag.Since Jane’s education in Lowwood Orphanage began, she didn’t get what she had been expecting——simply being regarded as a common person, just the same as any other girl around.The suffers from being humiliated and devastated teach Jane to be persevering and prize dignity over anything else.As a reward of revolting the ruthless oppression, Jane got a chance to be a tutor in Thornfield Garden.There she made the acquaintance of lovely Adele and that garden’s owner, Rochester, a man with warm heart despite a cold face outside.Jane expected to change the life from then on, but fate had decided otherwise: After Jane and Rochester fell in love with each other and got down to get marry, she unfortunately came to know in fact Rochester had got a legal wife, who seemed to be the shadow following

Rochester and led to his moodiness all the time----Rochester was also a despairing person in need of salvation.Jane did want to give him a hand, however, she made up her mind to leave, because she didn’t want to betray her own principles, because she was Jane Eyer.The film has finally got a symbolist end: Jane inherited a large number of legacies and finally returned.After finding Rochester’s misfortune brought by his original mad wife, Jane chose to stay with him forever.I don’t know what others feel, but frankly speaking, I would rather regard the section that Jane began her teaching job in Thornfield as the film’s end----especially when I heard Jane’s words “Never in my life have I been awaken so happily.” For one thing, this ideal and brand-new beginning of life was what Jane had been imagining for long as a suffering person;for another, this should be what the audiences with my views hoped her to get.But the professional judgment of producing films reminded me to wait for a totally different result: There must be something wrong coming with the excellence----perhaps not only should another section be added to enrich the story, but also we may see from the next transition of Jane’s life that “Life is like a box of chocolates, you never know what you would get.”(By Forrest Gump’s mother, in the film “Forrest Gump”)

What’s more, this film didn’t end when Jane left Thornfield.For Jane Eyer herself, there should always be somewhere to realize her great ideal of being independent considering her fortitude, but for Rochester, how he can get salvation?

The film gives the answer tentatively: Jane eventually got back to Rochester.In fact, when Jane

met Rochester for the first time, she scared his horse and made his heel strained, to a certain extent, which meant Rochester would get retrieval because of Jane.We can consider Rochester’s experiences as that of religion meaning.The fire by his frantic wife was the punishment for the cynicism early in his life.After it, Rochester got the mercy of the God and the love of the woman whom he loved.Here we can say: human nature and divinity get united perfectly in order to let such a story accord with the requirements of both two sides.The value of this film may be due to its efforts to explore a new way for the development of humanism under the faith of religion.Life is ceaselessly changing, but our living principles remain.Firmly persisting for the rights of being independent gives us enough confidence and courage, which is like the beacon over the capriccioso sea of life.In the world of the film, we have found the stories of ourselves, which makes us so concerned about the fate of the dramatis personae.In this era of rapid social and technological change leading to increasing life complexity and psychological displacement, both physical and mental effects on us call for a balance.We are likely to find ourselves bogged down in the Sargasso Sea of information overload and living unconsciousness.It’s our spirit that makes the life meaningful.Heart is the engine of body, brain is the resource of thought, and great films are the mirrors of life.In

dubitably, “Jane Eyer” is one of them.