简爱英文章节概括及读后感

<Jane Eyre>
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 wind ow-seat behind a curtain. John came and drove her away. To her anger, she d efend ed herself, but her aunt came and command ed to l ock 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 l oved reading. I admire her very much.
Chapter2
Summary: Jane was dragged away by two servants, Bessie and Miss Abbot, and l ocked in the red-room. It was the place where her Uncl e Reed died. Thus, the whol e atmosphere remind ed her of ghosts. She coul dn’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’ attitud e towards her. Poor little child! I hope some time in the future it can be heal ed.
Chapter3
Summary:The d octor Mr. Ll oyd came to see if Jane was OK. He asked her whether she woul d like to go to school or not and that was all. Meanwhil e, Miss Abbot told Bessie about Jane. Her mother was Mr. Reed’s sister. She married a nearly pennil ess cl ergyman, and her father was furious and had nothing more to d o with her. They went away to work among poor peopl e, 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. Brockl ehurst. 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, l et alone she was Jane’s aunt. What she had d one coul d probably d estroy Jane’s whol e life!
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 coul dn’t be call ed as “food”. But there was a teacher call ed Miss Mill er who cared about the girls, ord ering extra bread and cheese for them.
Feelings: I wond er why on earth there was a school like that in the past. What kind of parents woul d 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 call ed Miss Scatcherd who was always directed against Helen. She scol d ed Helen whenever she had a chance. But Hel en 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 coul d face anything peacefully. Many adults can’t d o that in my opinion.
Chapter7
Summary: Mr. Brockl ehurst 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 rud e to say bad things about others no matter in front of them or behind their backs. Mr. Brockl ehurst’s behavior can be really hurtful.
Chapter8
Summary: Miss Templ e was another person who chose to believe Jane. She asked Mr. Ll oyd whether Jane’s sid e of story was true. As Mr. Ll oyd convinced Jane’s word, Miss Templ e announced to the school that Jane was innocent of Mr. Brockl ehurst’s charges against her.
Feelings: Miss Templ e is that kind of person who gives you a light of hope when you are truly d own. It’s a great luck to have such a person be your sid e and support you. I think Miss Templ e will influence Jane throughout her lifetime. Chapter9
Summary: Typhoid fever struck Lowood when spring came. Thus, many of the stud ents were kept apart. Helen was also ill, not typhoid but with consumption. Knowing Helen might die soon, Jane coul dn’t help tiptoeing to the room Helen
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 d eath was a great l oss for Jane in my opinion. But anyhow, Helen’s spirit l eaves a d eep 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 sensibl e trustees, and both diet and cl othing improved. After six years of study there, Jane became a teacher. After her tutor both in study and in life, Miss Templ e, get married and l eft, Jane d ecid ed to l eave 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 shoul d 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 stud ent Ad ele whose guardian was Mr. Edward Fairfax Rochester, who was also the owner of the house. She also met a solidly built servant called Grace Pool e.
Feelings: I guess Jane can live an at l east comfortabl e 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 l etter. Mr. Rochester sprained his ankl e in the lane.
Feelings: It’s a pretty strange way to meet your empl oyer the first time like that. I bet there woul d be interesting stories between them.
Chapter13
Summary: Ad el e was having a lot of troubl e concentrating when she knows Mr. Rochester was d ownstairs—she kept trying to sneak d ownstairs 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 call ed Jane as elf. Thus, Jane consid ered Mr. Rochester changeful and abrupt.
Feelings: I kind of feel the same as Jane did. How coul d an almost stranger say such rud e thing during our first chat? If I were Jane, I might be really angry.
Chapter14
Summary: One evening, Rochester sent for Jane and Adel e after dinner. Sud d enly, because she was staring at him, Rochester asked Jane if she thought he’s handsome. Without thinking, she gave an honest answer: no. Rochester tol d her that he’s feeling chatty tonight, and ord er ed Jane to chat with him about something. While Jane and Rochester had been talking, Adel e 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 l ooks just like her mother. Feelings: I d on’t know why but I just feel that the whol e conversation between them is super intense and kind of awkward to me...
Chapter15
Summary: One day when Mr. Rochester and Jane were wand ering in the gard en, Mr. Rochester talked about Ad ele’s mother, Celine Varens. That evening, Jane finds Rochester asleep in his bed with the curtains and his bed clothes 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 tol d Jane that Mr. Rochester was taking a trip to Mr. Eshton’s house which was fill ed 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 rod e up, some in carriages and some on horses, a beautiful woman in a purpl e dress was riding besid e Rochester. It’s Blanche Ingram!The visitors enter, and Jane sat with Ad ele, half-listening to their noise and trying to keep Ad el e from running d own and bothering them. Blanche and Rochester sang a song, and Jane wanted to l eave, 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 coul d tell she’s about to cry, so he let her go. Feelings:Now I am more than sure that Jane was in l ove with Mr. Rochester
compl etely. 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 ol d 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, tol d Jane that the gypsy woman said she kne w there’s another singl e 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 tol d.
Feelings:Though I wond er who Mason was, I’m more excited about the story between Jane and that “gypsy woman”. It coul d be really interesting!
Chapter19
Summary: Jane entered the library and saw the ol d gypsy woman reading a prayer-book by the fire. Her hat and handkerchief threw shad ows over her face. The gypsy asked Jane about Mr. Rochester, and when she did n’t say much in response, the gypsy suggested that Mr. Rochester was in l ove 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 l ove. In a moment, the woman’s voice change d—the old gypsy woman was Mr. Rochester in disguise, and he’s just been messing with everyone. She tol d him about Mason’s arrival, and he’s so horrified that he c oul dn’t even stand up anymore. Then, Jane call ed Mason to meet Mr. Rochester in the room.
Feelings: From this chapter, I’m happy to see that Mr. Rochester l oved Jane too and he wanted to see if Jane had the same feelings as he did. From our point of view, they both l ove each other more than anything. However, Mr. Rochester’s behavior shows that Mason’s presence means something terribl e has happened, or will happen.
Chapter20
Summary: Everyone in the house is woken up by all the noise. The guests stumbl e around in the corrid or in their robes, but nobody seems to know what’s going on. Jane gets dressed, then sits by the wind ow waiting. Mr. Rochester knocks on her d oor 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 bl oody now, so that she can tend to the wound a little, too. For a l ong time, Jane
stays there, wiping bl ood, trying to keep him conscious. Rochester says that he warned Mason, and Mason shoul d have listened. Mason says he thought he coul d have d one something to make things better. While Mason is sent away, Rochester and Jane are l eft alone together outsid e 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 l ots of answers to be found.
Chapter21
Summary: One afternoon, Jane is visited by Mr. Reed’s coachman. He tells Jane that John Reed is d ead 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 d oes want Jane to stay so that they can talk things over. As she’s dying, Mrs. Reed apol ogizes to Jane for concealing a l etter from Jane’s uncl e, John Eyre, which came three years ago. Mrs. Reed l ets Jane read the l etter, in which John asked where Jane was so that he coul d 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 tol d 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 l etter from her uncl e. She coul d 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 el d er people shoul d d o 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 wed ding with Blanche Ingram.
Feelings: Sometimes things are not like what it seems to be. I’m sure it is Jane who Mr. Rochester really l oves and the brid e 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 und er 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
Summary: The next morning, Jane is blissfully happy and wond ers if this is all a dream. Rochester starts telling Jane about all the fancy jewelry and cl othes he’s going to give her. She l ooks him in the eye, and tells him that, if he keeps d ecking her out in expensive cl othes and jewelry and behaving so badly about it, she’ll never wear anything he buys her.
Feelings: The dial ogues between them are cute and full of sweetness. They coul d have a successful marriage.
Chapter25
Summary:The previous evening, Jane went to bed, but coul dn’t sl eep.She thought she coul d hear a weird howling sound in the wind. When Jane woke up, there was a burning candl e on the tabl e in her room. Then Jane noticed that her cl oset d oor was open and someone was messing with her wedding dress and veil. Jane sat up in b ed, shocked: the woman wasn’t anyone she knew at Thornfield, but someone else, a stranger. The stranger was a tall woman with l ong, dark hair dressed in white; her face was disturbing, with bl oodshot red eyes, swoll en, dark lips, and thick black eyebrows. T he strange woman was wearing Jane’s wed ding veil, and, as Jane watched, the woman pull ed it off, tore it in half, and trampl ed on it. Jane asks Mr. Rochester who the woman is. Rochester says that she imagined this nightmarish creature. Jane’s not really s atisfied with this explanation, but she pretends to be to make Rochester feel better.
Feelings: It coul d be a nightmare even if in dreams, l et alone it real happens. That strange woman might be somebody who has a special and interesting id entity. Chapter26
Summary: It's the day of Jane and Rochester's wed ding. 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 d eath in his bed, stabbed and bit her own brother, and who’s been d oing other creepy things at night. Rochester was tricked into marrying Bertha fifteen years ago in Jamaica. Rochester claims that he’s not really married becaus e 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 coupl e and act like husband and wife. Jane refuses to be his next mistress and runs away before she’s tempted to a gree.
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 d ebate raging in her head: d oes she really have to l eave 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 woul d basically be his wife, not his mistress. Jane re alizes that what matters most is her own respect for herself, and that it’s even more important for her to cling to her principl es at this difficult moment. Jane wakes up early and packs a few small things, l eaving all the presents Rochester bought her.
Feelings: God bl ess Jane! Hope she has mad e the right choice and will start a new life somewhere else.
Chapter28
Summary: Jane travels in a rand om direction away from Thornfiel d. Having no money, she almost starves to d eath 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 peopl e who are willing to help when she is in danger. I d on’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 whol e-heartedly to Jane, who has taken the pse ud onym "Jane Elliott" so that Mr. Rochester can’t find her. Feelings: Jane has friends at her own age right now. They coul d 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 l etter stating that the Rivers’ Uncle John is d ead. 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 uncl e had argued with their father l ong before, and that he had a fortune of twenty thousand pounds, but d ecided to l eave all the money to another relative.
Feelings: Well, Jane has an uncl e whose name is John, and the Rivers happens to have an Uncle John too? That’s d efinitely not a coincid ence. 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 simpl e but adequate. St. John tells her about his own experience—a year ago, he thought that he hated
being a priest, but then he felt call ed 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 d own 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 col d and disapproving. Feelings: I d o think St. John is like that kind of crazy man who knows nothing but hi work. He may d o 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 adm its 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 woul dn’t be good for him to have it. St. John pulls a piece of scrap paper over the portrait so that he d oesn’t have to l ook 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: Cl early Rosamond Oliver and St. John l ove each other. So I think it’s not worthy of giving up their l ove and insisting on choosing a missionary’s wife. Chapter33
Summary: St. John arrives, even though he had to struggl e through the snow. He won’t tell her why he’s there, and he’s behaving really stran gely. 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 l eaves 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, l earn Hindustani, and go with him to India on a l ong-term missionary trip. Jane refuses because she knows she d oesn’t l ove 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. Feelings:I still can’t und erstand 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 c alling 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 compl ete ruin. It’s burned d own, blackened and collapsed. Shocked, Jane goes back to the inn and asks the host what happened. From him she l earns the whol e story of what happened: Bertha burned d own the house in the mid dl e 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 suicid e. Rochester was blind ed and l ost a hand when the wall collapsed. Jane asks where Rochester is now, and the innkeeper tells her that he’s at his other home, Fernd ean. Jane arranges to go there in a chaise right away.
Feelings: Oh! Mr. Rochester is disabl ed right now. I coul dn’t help thinking if Jane didn’t l eave Thornfield, Mr. Rochester won’t l ose his sight and his hand, and they coul d have live a happy life right now. Is Jane’s d ecisio n to l eave wrong? It’s not obviously. Maybe that’s what life is like, full of strange combinations of circumstances.
Chapter37
Summary: Jane goes to Fernd ean to find Rochester. When she comes up to the house, she sees him coming out and watches him for a l ong time without l etting him know she’s there.Jane offers to be Rochester’s nurse or housekeeper, convinced that he will immediately ask her to m arry him again, but he d oesn’t. Jane insists that Rochester eat supper, which he usually doesn’t. In the morn ing, Jane comes d own to breakfast, and then takes Rochester outsid e so they can stroll in the wood and mead ows. They sit d own 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 l ost 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 call ed her name three times frantically—and he heard her respond. He thinks that perhaps they met in spirit. Jane d oesn’t tell Rochester that she heard him call her name and respond ed to him whil e she was sitting, mil es away, with St. John. Feelings: Just like “No matter the ending is perfect or not, you cannot disappear from my worl d.”Even though Mr. Rochester l oses something, he gains l ove and
that’s the most important thing for him. The story finally comes d own to this point and I just wish they can be happy together..
Chapter38
Summary: They have a quiet wed ding, 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 wed ding. I think the reason why Jane chose to marry to Mr. Rochester even if he l ost 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 d eeply in l ove with him. This time she chose to foll ow her heart instead of others’ words or judgments. Where there is great love, there are always miracl es.
Question2
•Turning point No.1: when Mrs. Reed sent her to Lowood
•Turning point No.2: when Jane met Helen and Templ e at Lowood
•Turning point No.3: when she l eft Lowood and started to teach at Thornfield Hall
•Turning point No.4: when she fall in l ove with Mr. Rochester
•Turning point No.5: when she knew Mr. Rochester had already been married and d ecid ed to l eave 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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