The original translation is as follows:

Do you think,because I am poor, obscure, plain, and little, I am soulless and heartless？ You think wrong! I have as much soul as you, and full as much heart.

Do you think that because I am poor, humble, unattractive and short, I have no soul and no heart? You think wrong! My soul is the same as yours.

and if God had given me with some beauty and much wealth, I should have made it as hard for you to leave me, as it is now for me to leave you.

If God gives me beauty and wealth, I will make it as hard for you to leave me as it is for me to leave you now.

I am not talking to you now through the medium of custom,conventionalities, nor even of mortal flesh; it is my spirit ? That addresses your spirit.

I'm not talking to you through customs, conventions or even mortal bodies, but my spirit is talking to your spirit.

just as if both had passed through the grave, and we stopped at God's feet, equal, as we are.

Just like two people have passed the grave, we are equal at God's feet, because we are equal.

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Jane Eyre is the representative work of Charlotte Brontexq, a British woman writer. Jane Eyre, the heroine, is an intellectual female image who pursues equality and autonomy. The novel wins by its touching description of the struggle history of a Cinderella-style character, and Jane Eyre is also a representative work of female literature.

This monologue is from Chapter 23 of Jane Eyre. In the end, Jane Eyre won the love she wanted through her unusual innocence, simple thoughts and feelings and courage to go forward.

Jane Eyre is an influential book. For more than a hundred years, the image of Jane Eyre is immortal, and this novel has been welcomed by people all over the world and praised by experts.

The poetic lyrical dialogue between the hero and heroine in the novel has a certain influence on the later literature, and its language features have become an important reason for the majority of readers, especially young readers, and its social practical significance, especially women's liberation, is worth pondering.

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