Would you rather be a poor old maid？Ridiculous, despised,the butt of jokes? The legitimate sport of any village lout with a stone and a impudent tongue? Affection is desirable. Money is absolutely indispensable.- I could live by my pen. 19世紀(jì)的歐洲女性最好的出路當(dāng)然是嫁個(gè)有家產(chǎn)的人。但Jane和妹妹追求愛情、精神獨(dú)立，她們錯(cuò)失與愛人共度一生的機(jī)會(huì)，她們沒有成為某夫人，卻成為了不起的自己。雖然劇本深度仍不夠，但已展現(xiàn)了女權(quán)先驅(qū)的自我意識(shí)覺醒，并對(duì)此予以贊賞。