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1、JaneEyreByCharlotteBronteDownloadfreeeBooksofclassicliterature,booksandnovelsatPlaneteBook.SubscribetoourfreeeBooksblogandemailnewsletter.PrefaceAprefacetothefirsteditionof‘JaneEyre’beingunnec-essary,Igavenone:thissecondeditiondemandsafewwordsbothofacknowl
2、edgmentandmiscellaneousremark.Mythanksaredueinthreequarters.TothePublic,fortheindulgentearithasinclinedtoaplaintalewithfewpretensions.TothePress,forthefairfielditshonestsuffragehasopenedtoanobscureaspirant.TomyPublishers,fortheaidtheirtact,theirenergy,thei
3、rpracticalsenseandfrankliberalityhaveaffordedanunknownandunrecommendedAuthor.ThePressandthePublicarebutvaguepersonificationsforme,andImustthanktheminvagueterms;butmyPub-lishersaredefinite:soarecertaingenerouscriticswhohaveencouragedmeasonlylarge-heartedand
4、high-mindedmenknowhowtoencourageastrugglingstranger;tothem,i.e.,tomyPublishersandtheselectReviewers,Isaycordially,Gentlemen,Ithankyoufrommyheart.HavingthusacknowledgedwhatIowethosewhohaveaidedandapprovedme,Iturntoanotherclass;asmallone,sofarasIknow,butnot,
5、therefore,tobeoverlooked.Imeanthetimorousorcarpingfewwhodoubtthetendencyofsuchbooksas‘JaneEyre:’inwhoseeyeswhateverisunusualiswrong;whoseearsdetectineachprotestagainstbigotry—JaneEyrethatparentofcrime—aninsulttopiety,thatregentofGodonearth.Iwouldsuggestto
6、suchdoubterscertainobviousdistinctions;Iwouldremindthemofcertainsimpletruths.Conventionalityisnotmorality.Self-righteousnessisnotreligion.Toattackthefirstisnottoassailthelast.TopluckthemaskfromthefaceofthePharisee,isnottoliftanimpioushandtotheCrownofThorns
7、.Thesethingsanddeedsarediametricallyopposed:theyareasdistinctasisvicefromvirtue.Mentoooftencon-foundthem:theyshouldnotbeconfounded:appearanceshouldnotbemistakenfortruth;narrowhumandoctrines,thatonlytendtoelateandmagnifyafew,shouldnotbesubstitutedfortheworl
8、d-redeemingcreedofChrist.Thereis—Irepeatit—adifference;anditisagood,andnotabadactiontomarkbroadlyandclearlythelineofseparationbetweenthem.Theworldmaynotliketoseetheseideasdissevered,forithasbeenaccustomedtobl