关键词: 勃朗特三姐妹, 灵魂伴侣, 情感生存空间, 中产阶级文化, 门第观念

Abstract: Three pairs of soul-mates were presented in Bronte Sisters' works. Their affection was restrained at material, moral and spiritual levels. At material level, the idea of class was still strong in 19th century in England. When people got married, they valued not only financial basis but also social status. Class difference was unacceptable either to the noble or to the middle class. Because of the lack of sound marriage laws, the Victorians with high moral awareness restrained people's choice of marital partners with morality. The marital choice had to be made according to the moral standards, otherwise it would suffer punishment. Although the relationship between the married couples was unequal, there were happy couples who could communicate at spiritual level and had deep affection with each other,like the soul-mates in Bronte Sisters'works,which praised highly of the perfect matching of social status in marriage, stressed the purity of it and appreciate the love and respect in marriage.

Key words: Bronte Sisters, soul-mate, space for the existing of affection, middle class culture, concept of family status