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1、第12页TheVictimofRevenge-----OnEmilyBronte’sWutheringHeightsITheBriefIntroduction1.1TheBriefIntroductiontotheAuthorTheWutheringHeightsistheonlynovelofEnglishwomanwriterEmilyBronte.Itwaspublishedin1848.①AndthewriterEmilyBrontewasbornonJuly30,1818,atThorntoninYorkshire,the
2、fifthofsixchildrenofPatrickandMariaBronte.Twoyearsofherbirth,herfatherwasappointedcurateofHaworth,anisolatedvillageonthemoors.In1821,shortlyafterEmily’sthirdbirthday,hermotherdiedofcancer.In1824,EmilyandherthreesistersweresenttoCowanBridgeSchool,aschoolfordaughtersofim
3、poverishedclergymen.Theconditionswereharshandanepidemicsoonbrokeout,takingthelifeofhertwoeldersisters.Charlottebecameveryillaswell,andsheandEmilyweresenthome.DuringthefollowingyearsatHowarth,Charlotte,Emily,andAnne,alongwiththeirbrotherBranwell,hadagreatdealoffreedomto
4、explorethesurroundingcountryside.ThelonelypurplemoorsbecameoneofthemostshapingforcesinEmily’slife.Andherfather’sbookshelfofferedavarietyofreading.In1835,EmilywenttotheRoeHeadSchoolwhereCharlottewasthenteaching.Emilymanagedtostayonlythreemonthsbeforehernervebecametoofra
5、zzledandshehadtogohome.EmilyfoundateachingjobatLawHillSchoolinSeptember1838.Thoughshemanagedtodoallrightinherfirstterm,herhealthbrokeunderthestressandshereturnedhomearoundApril1839.In1842,CharlottedraggedEmilytoaschoolinBrussls.Emilydidwellbutmadenofriends,aswastypical
6、forher.Shewentbackhomeassoonasshepossiblycould.Emilybeginswritingpoemsatanearlyageandpublishedtwenty-oneofthem,togetherwithpoembyAnneandCharlotte,in1846.TheslimvolumewastitlepomesbyCurrer,Ellis,andActonBell.Onlytwocopiesweresold,andthefailureledallthreetobeginworkonnov
7、els,EmilyonWutheringheights.In1848,Branwellbecameaddictedtobothdrugandalcoholandsoondied.Emilycaughtacoldathisfuneralandneverlefthomeagain.ShediedoftuberculosisonDecember19,1848,attheageofthirty,andneverknewthegreatsuccessofheronlynovelWutheringheights.1.2TheContentsof
8、theWorksWutheringHeightsisgenerallyconsideredoneofthemostoriginalworks.Inmany第12页aspects,itisuniqueandhasnocounterpar
