Abstract:

This paper aims to make a comparative study of two heroines’ values between Jane Eyre and Pride and Prejudice. The first part includes a brief introduction to the background of two authors, their literary positions and their outstanding works. Furthermore, this paper elaborates on the similarities and differences of two heroines’ values between the two works. Then the paper concludes that two heroines’ different social and family backgrounds and personalities make their values different from each other.

Key words: Jane Eyre; Pride and Prejudice; values

摘要：

本文旨在研究小说《简爱》与《傲慢与偏见》中两位女主人公价值观的对比，本文首先简要介绍了作者、作品及其文学地位，接着笔者结合原文具体例子，分别具体比较了两位女主人公价值观的相似点和不同点，使读者对两位女主人公的价值观特点有了更深刻的理解。同时也研究了两位女主人公的生活经历及当时的社会环境和个性特点是形成两者价值观差异的主要原因。

关键词：《简•爱》；《傲慢与偏见》；价值观

1. Introduction   
1.1 Introduction to Charlotte Bronte and Jane Eyre
1.1.1 Introduction to Charlotte Bronte
Charlotte Bronte (1816-1855) was born in the family of poor country clergyman in Thornton, Yorkshire. She was the youngest child of the Three Bronte Sisters, whose novels are English literature standards. Her sister Emily wrote Wuthering Heights and another sister Anne wrote Agnes Grey. Charlotte Bronte was sent in 1824 to the Clergy Daughters School at Cowan Bridge, which provided bad food and living condition. Then, Charlotte removed from school and started having lessons at home. Wide reading and home education contributed greatly to her writing. She went to Brussels to learn French. She worked there as a teacher for one year. She wrote Jane Eyre in the early Victorian period, when the conflict between labor and capital was sharp. Charlotte Bronte has an important status in literary world. Karl Marx says that “Charlotte Bronte, Charles Dickens, Mrs. Gaskell and Thackeray are the most remarkable British novelists at their time” .