夏·勃朗特的代表作《简·爱》首开女性文学的先河，奉献给读者一个追求独立、平等的新女性简·爱。她一无美貌，二无财产，但却有自尊和反抗精神，终于通过自己的努力获得了幸福。一百年以后，英国现代作家简·里斯写成了《藻海无边》。这部作品将夏·勃朗特未能刻画出的另一个女性——《简·爱》中的疯妻子——悲惨的一生丰满而生动的展现在读者面前。两部作品在内容上互补，艺术上各有千秋，都成功地描写了生活在社会底层的女性的追求，简·里斯还将女性受压迫的问题引向更广阔的社会，揭示出只有进行社会变革，才能让女性获得真正的独立和平等的道理 Xia Brontë’s masterpiece “Jane Eyre” first opened the first of female literature, dedicated to readers a pursuit of independence and equality of the new female Jane love. She has no beauty, two no property, but self-esteem and resistance, finally got happiness through her own efforts. A hundred years later, the British modern writer Jane Reese wrote “boundless algae.” This work presents to readers the vivid display of the tragic life of another woman whom Xia Bronté failed to portray - the crazy wife of Jane Eyre. The two works, complementary in content and artistic in their own right, have succeeded in describing the pursuit of women living in the bottom of society. Jane Reese also led the issue of women’s oppression to a wider society, revealing that only through social changes, Only women can gain true independence and equality