Major Characters 所有主要人物的介绍和评论

Jane Eyre:Main character of entire novel.Young orphan who grows up,goes to school,works,marries,creates a life for herself.

Mrs.Reed:Jane's harsh and cruel aunt who takes Jane in against her will,because of a promise made to her husband,Jane's late uncle.

Eliza Reed:Mrs.Reed's second daughter who is rather more serious and quiet; she eventually becomes a noviate and then a Catholic nun.

John Reed:Mrs.Reed's arrogant and spoiled son who likes to beat Jane for punishment and amusement.

Georgiana Reed:Mrs.Reed's attractive and self-absorbed first daughter,who eventually marries well in London.

Jane's mother:Jane Reed,who married against her family's wish,was disowned,and who died when Jane was a baby.

Jane's father:John Eyre,a clergyman,who died with his wife.

Bessie:The nurse at Gateshead

Abbot:The maid at Gateshead.

Mr.Reed:Mrs.Reed's late husband,and Jane's late uncle on her mother's side.

Dr.Lloyd:The doctor who comes to see Jane after she has been ill in the Red-Room.He suggests to Mrs.Reed that Jane go to school.

Mr.

Brocklehurst:The cruel,intolerant,overzealous and money-pinching master of Lowood Institution,a pastor,who humiliates Jane in public,when she comes to Lowood.

Miss Miller:One of the teachers at Lowood.

Miss Maria Temple:The superintendent of Lowood Institution,whom Jane wishes to emulate,and who cares for both Helen and Jane.

Miss Scatcherd:The history teacher at Lowood,who often punishes Helen Burns with a whipping.

Helen Burns:The overly mature,fatalistic,religious best friend of Jane while she is at Lowood; Helen dies early from tuberculosis at Lowood.

Reverend Nasmyth:The man whom Miss Temple eventually marries.

Mrs.Fairfax:The widow who initially inquires after a governess for Adle Varens,at Thornfield Hall.

Miss Adle Varens:The bastard child of Cline Varens,a mistress of Rochester's while he was in Paris; Rochester takes Adle back with him to England,as his ward.

Mr.Edward Fairfax Rochester:The master of Thornfield Hall,traditional Gothic male hero,and eventual husband of Jane Eyre.

Sophie:The nurse or "bonne" of Adle Varens,who is French.

Mme Pierrot:Jane's French teacher at Lowood Institution.

Leah:The maid at Thornfield Hall,who assists Grace Poole often.

Grace Poole:The woman whom Rochester hires to watch over and care for his mad first wife,Bertha.

Pilot:Rochester's dog.

Rowland:Rochester's dead elder brother.

Cline Varens:Adle's mother,and Rochester old French mistress,who ran off and left her daughter.

Charge of the Vicomte:The French officer with whom Cline was cheating unknown to Rochester.

Miss Blanche Ingram:The beautiful,cold,snotty,arrogant and condescending upper-class woman whom Rochester leads to believe he wishes to marry.

Mesrour:Rochester's horse.

Mr.Mason:Bertha Mason,Rochester's first bride's,brother.He is from Jamaica,West Indies.

Sibyl:The gypsy fortune-teller character played by Rochester.

Doctor Carter:The surgeon who cares for Mr.Mason when Bertha attacks him.

Bessie's sister:She dies.

Robert Laven:Bessie's husband and the coachman of Gateshead Hall.

Uncle John Eyre:The uncle of both Jane,St.John,Diana and Mary,who dies,lived in Madeira,and leaves Jane a fortune of twenty-thousand pounds.

Mr.Briggs:The solicitor from London who handles Jane's fortune,and breaks up Rochester's attempt at a bigamous marriage.

Bertha Mason:Rochester's first wife from Jamaica,who is mad and he keeps in his attic of Thornfield Hall.It was an arranged marriage.

St.John Rivers:Jane's cold,exacting,distant and intellectual cousin who was the pastor of Morton Parish.He asks Jane to marry him and go to India to do missionary work; she refuses and he goes alone.

Diana Rivers:The beautiful,refined and caring first sister of St.John,and Jane's cousin.

Mary Rivers:The quieter,more cautious but equally intelligent second sister of St.John,and also Jane's cousin.

Hannah:The older woman/maid who lives with Mary and Diana at Moor House.

Jane Elliot:The pseudonym which Jane takes on when she arrives at Moor House.

Miss Rosamond Oliver:The beautiful and childlike heiress with whom St.John is in love.She eventually marries Mr.Granby.

Mr.Granby:Wealthy Morton resident who marries Rosamond.

Mary and John:Couple who takes care of Rochester at Ferndean Manor,when he is blind and crippled.