JourneyofDiscoveryinJaneEyre沈娜0901I.BackgroundinformationJaneEyreisanimportantworksinthehistoryofBritishliterature."JaneEyre"isamasterpieceof19thcenturyEnglishcriticalrealismliterarywritersCharlotteBronte.ItsucceededinshapingthenewpettybourgeoisiewomenJanevivid,concentrateddescribingherstruggletoseekeconomicindependenceofwomenandloveequalrights.JaneEyreissuchagreatnovelthatitholdsanimportantpositioninthehistoryofBritishliterature.Ithasbeentranslatedintovariouslanguagesandadaptedformovie,dazzlinggenerationsofreadersallthroughtheworld.TheperiodwhenJanelivedroughlycorrespondswiththetimeofqueenVictoria’sruling.VictoriawhoruledovertheBritishEmpireforover60yearswasawellknownqueeninEnglishhistory.Shemountedthethronein1837whenBritishliteraturereachedaprosperousperiod.Inthe1940s,Britishliteraturereacheditspeak.Therealistswereoneofthemaingroupsatthattime,andtheauthorofJaneEyrebelongedtothisgroup.IntroductionThisnovelbeginswithlittleJaneasadespisedorphaninthehouseofheruncle’swidow.Beingrebellious,sheispackedofftoacharitableboardingschool,whichadministersharshdisciplinewithespecialvigor.Janesetsherselftolearn,qualifiesherselfasateacher,advertisesforapost,andisemployedasgovernessoftheillegitimateFrenchdaughterofRochesterinhiscountrymansion,Thornfield.AloverelationshipdevelopsbetweenJaneandRochester.Jane’sresolutefreespirit,hersouloffire,bringsfromthedominantRochesteraproposalofmarriage.Butattheverymoment,theweddingceremonywasinterrupted,forRochesterisdiscoveredtohaveamadwifewhoishiddeninthathouse.Janedoesn’twanttobeRochester’smistressandsubsequentlyleavesThornfield,wanderingfaraway.SheisrescuedbytheRiversfamilyandurgedtomarryJohnRiversinordertoundertakemissionaryworkathisside.Almostsheconsents,butassheponders,Rochester’svoicecryinghernameresoundsinherears.ThenJanegainsalargeamountofinheritancefromherunclewhomshehasneverknownbefore.ShereturnstoThornfield,butthemansionhasbeendestroyedbyafirestartedbythemadwife.Inascheduledcountryhousenearby,shefindsRochester,blindandalone;the