《简爱》的第一本汉译本于1925年在上海出版。至今该著作在中国仍然大受追捧。自此以后，这部经典名著就开始多次被改编成各种书籍、戏剧和舞台剧等。原著小说也被教育部规定为初中学生必读经典名著之一。这部短篇纪录片用中文讲述了《简·爱》及其作者夏洛蒂·勃朗特之间的渊源。

"Jane Eyre" is very popular in China, in Shanghai in 1925 published the first book of a Chinese translation of this. Since then, this classic masterpiece is gradually adapted into a variety of books, plays and stage plays, novels also Department of Education regulations set for the junior high school students will read one of the classics. This short documentary traces the origins of Jane Eyre and Charlotte Bronte - in Chinese.