簡．愛(英漢對照)（簡體書）

In her search for freedom, Jane also struggles with the question of what type of freedom she wants While Rochester initially offers Jane a chance to liberate her passions , Jane comes to realize that such freedom could also mean enslavement-by living as Rochestersmistress, she would be sacrificing her dignity and integrity for the sake of her feelings.St.John Rivers offers Jane another kind of freedom: the freedom to act unreservedly on her principles.He opens to Jane the possibility of exercising her talents fully by working and living with him in India.Jane eventually realizes, though, that this freedom would also constitute a form of imprisonment, because she would be forced to keep her true feelings and her true passions always in check.
Charlotte Bronte may have created the character of Jane Eyre as a means of coming to terms with elements of her own life.Much evidence suggests that Bronte, too, struggled to find a balance between love and freedom and to find others who understood her.At many points in the book, Jane voices the authors then-radical opinions on religion, social class, and gender.
愿望與她渴望獨立和自主的感覺同樣強烈。
簡在尋求自由的過程中，也在同尋求什么樣的自由這一問題進行著斗爭。在羅徹斯特最初給簡提供了一個機會釋放自己的情感時，簡意識到這種自由同時意味著束縛——作為羅徹斯特的情婦，她會因為感情而犧牲掉尊嚴和氣節。圣約翰·里佛斯為簡提供了另一種自由：她可以毫無保留地按自己的原則行事。他向簡提出通過一同到印度去工作、生活來發揮她全部才干的設想。簡最終還是認識到這種自由也是某種形式的束縛，因為她將來只能將自己真實的感情和真正的激情永久地壓抑著。
夏洛蒂·勃朗特創作出簡·愛這個人物可能是為了借此來展現她自已的生活狀況*。很多證據表明勃朗特本人也在為尋找愛情和自由的均衡而努力，為找到能理解她的人而努力。在書中好多地方作者借簡的語言表達了對當時的宗教、社會階層和性別歧視的一些在當時看來是很激進的觀點。