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1、呼啸山庄(WUTHERINGHEIGHTS)英文读后感 Publishedin1847,WUTHERINGHEIGHTSwasnotwellreceivedbythereadingpublic,manyofwhomcondemneditassordid,vulgar,andunnatural–andauthorEmilyBrontewenttohergravein1848believingthatheronlynovelwasafailure.Itwasnotuntil1850,whenWUTHERINGHEIGH
2、TSreceivedasecondprintingwithanintroductionbyEmily’ssisterCharlotte,thatitattractedawidereadership.Andfromthatpointthereputationofthebookhasneverlookedback.TodayitiswidelyrecognizedasoneofthegreatnovelsofEnglishliterature.Evenso,WUTHERINGHEIGHTScontinuestodivid
3、ereaders.Itisnotaprettylovestory;rather,itisswirlingtaleoflargelyunlikeablepeoplecaughtupinobsessivelovethatturnstodarkmadness.Itiscruel,violent,darkandbrooding,andmanypeoplefinditextremelyunpleasant.Andyet–itpossessesagrandeuroflanguageanddesign,asenseoftremen
4、douspityandgreatlossthatsetsitapartfromvirtuallyeveryothernovelwritten.Thenovelistoldintheformofanextendedflashback.Afteravisittohisstrangelandlord,anewcomertotheareadesirestoknowthehistoryofthefamily–whichhereceivesfromNellyDeans,aservantwhointroducesustotheEa
5、rnshawfamilywhoonceresidedinthehouseknownasWutheringHeights.Itwasonceacheerfulplace,butOldEarnshawadopteda“Gipsy”childwhohenamedHeathcliff.AndCatherine,daughterofthehouse,foundinhimtheperfectcompanion:wild,rude,andasproudandcruelasshe.ButalthoughCatherinelovesh
6、im,evenrecognizeshimashersoulmate,shecannotlowerherselftomarrysofarbelowhersocialstation.Sheinsteadmarriesanother,andinsodoingsetsinmotionanobsessionthatwilldestroythemall.WUTHERINGHEIGHTSisabitdifficultto“getinto;”theopeningchaptersaresodarkintheirportraitofth
7、eendresultofthisobsessivelovethattheyaresomewhatoff-putting.Buttheyfeedintotheflowoftheworkinaremarkableway,settingthestageforoneofthemostremarkablestructuresinallofliterature,astorythatcirclesuponitselfinaseriesofrepetitionsasitplaysoutacrosstwogenerations.Cat
8、herineandHeathcliffareequallyremarkable,bothviciousandcruel,andyetneverabletoshedtheirimpossiblelovenomatterhowbrutallyonemaywoundtheother.Asthenovelcoilsfurtherintoalcoholi