简爱（janeeyre） 　　JaneEyreisafirst-personnarrativeofthetitlecharacter,asmall,plain-faced,intelligentandhonestEnglishorphan.Thenovelgoesthroughfivedistinctstages:Jane'schildhoodatGateshead,wheresheisabusedbyherauntandcousins;hereducationatLowoodSchool,wheresheacquiresfriendsandrolemodelsbutalsosuffersprivations;hertimeasthegovernessofThornfieldManor,whereshefallsinlovewithherByronicemployer,EdwardRochester;hertimewiththeRiversfamilyatMarsh'sEnd(orMoorHouse)andMorton,wherehercoldclergyman-cousinStJohnRiversproposestoher;andherreunionwithandmarriagetoherbelovedRochesterathishouseofFerndean.Partlyautobiographical,thenovelaboundswithsocialcriticismandsinistergothicelements. 　　JaneEyreisdividedinto38chapters;mosteditionsareatleast400pageslong(althoughtheprefaceandintroductiononcertaincopiesareliabletotakeupanother100).Theoriginalwaspublishedinthreevolumes,comprisingchapters1to15,16to26,and27to38. 　　悲惨世界（lesmiserables） 　　TheFrenchword‘‘misérables’’meansbothpoorwretchesandscoundrelsorvillains.Thenoveloffersahugecastthatincludesbothkindsof‘‘misérables.’’AproductofFrance’smostprominentRomanticwriter,LesMisérablesrangesfarandwide.ItpaintsavividpictureofParis’sseamierside,discussesthecausesandresultsofrevolution,andincludesdiscoursesontopicsrangingfromtheBattleofWaterlootoParisianstreetslang.Butthetwocentralthemesthatdominatethenovelarethemoralredemptionofitsmaincharacter,JeanValjean,anex-convict,andthemoralredemptionofanationthroughrevolution.VictorHugosaid:‘‘Icondemnslavery,Ibanishpoverty,Iteachignorance,Itreatdisease,Ilightenthenight,andIhatehatred.ThatiswhatIam,andthatiswhyIhavewrittenLesMisérables.’’Thenovelisacriticalstatementagainsthumansuffering,poverty,andignorance.Itspurposeisasmuchpoliticalasitisartistic 　　傲慢与偏见（prideandprejudice） 　　Oneoftheworld'smostpopularnovels,JaneAusten'sPrideandPrejudicehasdelightedreaderssinceitspublicationwiththestoryofthewittyElizabethBennetandherrelationshipwiththearistocratFitzwilliamDarcy.SimiliartoAusten'sotherworks,PrideandPrejudiceisahumorousportrayalofthesocialatmosphereoflateeighteenth-andearlynineteenth-centuryEngland,anditisprincipallyconcernedwithcourtshipritualsoftheEnglishgentry.Thenovelismuchmorethanacomediclovestory,however;throughAusten'ssubtleandironicstyle,itaddresseseconomic,political,feminist,sociological,andphilosophicalthemes,inspiringagreatdealofdiversecriticalcommentaryonthemeaningofthework.