《简爱》是人类历史上最为经典的文学著作之一。如果你还没有读过这本书，那么只需记住女主人公简Jane下面的这段独白，就可以了解这本著作的精髓。下面，我们一起来看她与恋人罗切斯特Rochester的这一段最为经典的对话：
Am I a machine without feelings?
你当我是没有感情的机器吗？
Do you think because I am poor,obscure,plain and little, that I am souless and heartless?
难道就因为我一贫如洗，默默无闻，长相平庸，个子瘦小，我就没有灵魂，没有真心了吗？
I have as much soul as you and full as much heart.
我的心灵跟你一样丰富，我的心胸跟你一样充实。
And if God had blessed me with beauty and wealth,I could make it as hard for you to leave me,as it is for I leave you.
要是上帝也赐予我美丽和财富，我也能让对你对不能自拔，就像现在你对我一样。
I’m not speaking to you through mortal flesh,it is my spirit that addresses your spirit.
我现在不是以血肉之躯和你说话，而是我的灵魂同你的灵魂在对话，
As if we’d passed through the grave and stood at God’s feet,equal, as we are.
就仿佛我们两人穿过坟墓，站在上帝脚下，彼此平等。本该如此。
I am a free human being with an independent will,which i now
Am I a machine without feelings?
你当我是没有感情的机器吗？
Do you think because I am poor,obscure,plain and little, that I am souless and heartless?
难道就因为我一贫如洗，默默无闻，长相平庸，个子瘦小，我就没有灵魂，没有真心了吗？
I have as much soul as you and full as much heart.
我的心灵跟你一样丰富，我的心胸跟你一样充实。
And if God had blessed me with beauty and wealth,I could make it as hard for you to leave me,as it is for I leave you.
要是上帝也赐予我美丽和财富，我也能让对你对不能自拔，就像现在你对我一样。
I’m not speaking to you through mortal flesh,it is my spirit that addresses your spirit.
我现在不是以血肉之躯和你说话，而是我的灵魂同你的灵魂在对话，
As if we’d passed through the grave and stood at God’s feet,equal, as we are.
就仿佛我们两人穿过坟墓，站在上帝脚下，彼此平等。本该如此。
I am a free human being with an independent will,which i now