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1、Unit5EnjoyingnovelsPartOne:TeachingDesignSection2:BackgroundinformationforUnit5Enjoyingnovels1.JaneAustenJaneAusten(December16,1775–July18,1817)wasaprominentEnglishnovelistwhoseworkisconsideredpartoftheWesterncanon.Despitelivingtheshelteredlifeofaspinster
2、,herinsightsintowomen'slivesandhermasteryofformandironymadeherarguablythemostnotedandinfluentialnovelistofherera.2.CharlotteBrontëCharlotteBrontë(April21,1816–March31,1855)wasanEnglishnovelist,theeldestofthetrioofBrontësisterswhosenovelshavebecomeenduring
3、classicsofEnglishliterature.InMay1846,sheandhertwoyoungersisters,AnneandEmily,publishedajointcollectionofpoetryunderthenamesofCurrer,Ellis,andActonBell,which,however,fellflat.Charlottecontinuedtousethename'CurrerBell'whenpublishingherfirsttwonovels.Hernov
4、elsare:·JaneEyre,published1847·Shirley,published1849·Villette,published1853·TheProfessor,originallywrittenbeforeJaneEyreandrejectedbymanypublishinghouses,waseventuallypublishedposthumouslyin18573.AnneBrontëAnneBrontë(January17,1820–May28,1849)wasaBritisha
5、uthor,theyoungestofthetriooffamousBrontësisterswhowroteacclaimedVictorianromanticnovelsofmannersandsociety.ShewasborninthevillageofThornton,Yorkshire,England,theyoungestofsixsiblings.Anne'smotherdiedayearlater,afterthefamilyhadmovedtoHaworthwhereherfather
6、wasperpetualcurate.Muchhasbeensaidabouttheinfluenceofthisdeathonherandhersiblingsandhowitmayhaveaffectedtheirwritings.Twoofhersisters,CharlotteandEmily,werealsoauthorsandpoets.Anne'spoetrywaspublished,alongwiththatofhersisters,in1846,underthepseudonym"Act
7、onBell".Hernovelsare:·AgnesGrey,published1847·TheTenantofWildfellHall,published1848ShediedattheseasideresortofScarborough,England,whichwasalsothesettingforbothofhernovels.ShewasburiedatSaintMary'sChurchyard,Scarborough.ShehadbeeninScarboroughforonlyafewda
8、ys,havingbeensentthereinthehopeofcuringhertuberculosis—anillnessfromwhichherbrother,BranwellBrontë,andthreeofherfoursistershadalreadydied.4.EmilyJaneBrontëEmilyJaneBrontë(July30,1818–December19,1848)wasaBritishnovel
