夏洛蒂·勃朗特诞生已一百周年,她如今成了这么多传说、忠诚和文学的中心,可是只不过活了三十九岁。若是她的一生达到通常的人的一生的时间,将会有多么不同的传说,这件事想起来真是令人不可思议。她也许会象她那些有名的同时代的人一样,成为一个在伦敦和其他地方经常遇到的人物,成为许多画面和无数轶事的主题,成为许多部小说的作者、可能还是回忆录的 As the centenary of the birth of Charlotte Bronte, she is now at the center of so much legends, loyalty and literature, but she has lived only 39 years. If it was her life’s time to reach the usual human life, how different the legend would be, it was incredible to think of it. She may, like her well-known contemporaries, become a figure often met in London and elsewhere, becoming the subject of many images and anecdotes, becoming the author of many novels, probably of memoir