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'I am no bird; and no net ensnares me; I am a free human being with an independent will.'

Bronte's infamous Gothic novel tells the story of orphan Jane, a child of unfortunate circumstances. Raised and treated badly by her aunt and cousins and eventually sent away to a cruel boarding school, it is not until Jane becomes a governess at Thornfield that she finds happiness.

Meek, measured, but determined, Jane soon falls in love with her brooding and stormy master, Mr Rochester, but it is not long before strange and unnerving events occur in the house and Jane is forced to leave Thornfield to pursue her future.


簡愛因父母雙亡而被舅舅收養，舅舅過世之後，十歲那年被舅媽里德太太送進了專收孤苦女孩的羅伍德慈善學校，任其自生自滅。

簡愛在那家飽受貧病威脅的學校歷練八年，靠著堅強的意志完成學業，並當了兩年羅伍德慈善學校的教師之後，決定踏出追尋自我人生的第一步。透過求職廣告，她來到了富豪之家棘園擔任家庭老師。

在棘園，簡愛與長她近二十歲的棘園主人羅徹斯特先生展開一段驚心動魄的情愛試煉。一個是不斷尋找著真愛、歷盡情愛滄桑的中年男人，一個是毫無戀愛經驗、情竇初開的純潔熱情，這兩股力量會激迸出怎樣的火花？