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1、更多好书请点击www.uus8.orgTwoShortPiecesTwoShortPiecesCharlotteBronte1更多好书请点击www.uus8.orgTwoShortPiecesBIOGRAPHICALNOTICEOFELLISANDACTONBELLIThasbeenthoughtthatalltheworkspublishedunderthenamesofCurrer,Ellis,andActonBellwere,inreality,theproductionofoneperson.ThismistakeIendeavouredtorectifybyafe
2、wwordsofdisclaimerprefixedtothethirdeditionof'JaneEyre.'These,too,itappears,failedtogaingeneralcredence,andnow,ontheoccasionofareprintof'WutheringHeights'and'AgnesGrey,'Iamadviseddistinctlytostatehowthecasereallystands.Indeed,Ifeelmyselfthatitistimetheobscurityattendingthosetwonames-Ellisa
3、ndActon-wasdoneaway.Thelittlemystery,whichformerlyyieldedsomeharmlesspleasure,haslostitsinterest;circumstancesarechanged.Itbecomes,then,mydutytoexplainbrieflytheoriginandauthorshipofthebookswrittenbyCurrer,Ellis,andActonBell.Aboutfiveyearsago,mytwosistersandmyself,afterasomewhatprolongedpe
4、riodofseparation,foundourselvesreunited,andathome.Residentinaremotedistrict,whereeducationhadmadelittleprogress,andwhere,consequently,therewasnoinducementtoseeksocialintercoursebeyondourowndomesticcircle,wewerewhollydependentonourselvesandeachother,onbooksandstudy,fortheenjoymentsandoccupa
5、tionsoflife.Thehigheststimulus,aswellastheliveliestpleasurewehadknownfromchildhoodupwards,layinattemptsatliterarycomposition;formerlyweusedtoshoweachotherwhatwewrote,butoflateyearsthishabitofcommunicationandconsultationhadbeendiscontinued;henceitensued,thatweweremutuallyignorantoftheprogre
6、sswemightrespectivelyhavemade.Oneday,intheautumnof1845,IaccidentallylightedonaMS.volumeofverseinmysisterEmily'shandwriting.Ofcourse,Iwasnotsurprised,knowingthatshecouldanddidwriteverse:Ilookeditover,andsomethingmorethansurpriseseizedme-adeepconvictionthatthese2更多好书请点击www.uus8.orgTwoShortPi
7、eceswerenotcommoneffusions,noratalllikethepoetrywomengenerallywrite.Ithoughtthemcondensedandterse,vigorousandgenuine.Tomyeartheyhadalsoapeculiarmusic-wild,melancholy,andelevating.MysisterEmilywasnotapersonofdemonstrativecharacter,noroneontherecessesofwhosemind
