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1、第12页TheVictimofRevenge-----OnEmilyBronte’sWutheringHeightsITheBriefIntroduction1.1TheBriefIntroductiontotheAuthorTheWutheringHeightsistheonlynovelofEnglishwomanwriterEmilyBronte.Itwaspublishedin1848.①AndthewriterEmilyBrontewasbornonJuly30,1818,atThorntoninYorkshire,thefifthofsixchildre
2、nofPatrickandMariaBronte.Twoyearsofherbirth,herfatherwasappointedcurateofHaworth,anisolatedvillageonthemoors.In1821,shortlyafterEmily’sthirdbirthday,hermotherdiedofcancer.In1824,EmilyandherthreesistersweresenttoCowanBridgeSchool,aschoolfordaughtersofimpoverishedclergymen.Theconditionsw
3、ereharshandanepidemicsoonbrokeout,takingthelifeofhertwoeldersisters.Charlottebecameveryillaswell,andsheandEmilyweresenthome.DuringthefollowingyearsatHowarth,Charlotte,Emily,andAnne,alongwiththeirbrotherBranwell,hadagreatdealoffreedomtoexplorethesurroundingcountryside.Thelonelypurplemoo
4、rsbecameoneofthemostshapingforcesinEmily’slife.Andherfather’sbookshelfofferedavarietyofreading.In1835,EmilywenttotheRoeHeadSchoolwhereCharlottewasthenteaching.Emilymanagedtostayonlythreemonthsbeforehernervebecametoofrazzledandshehadtogohome.EmilyfoundateachingjobatLawHillSchoolinSeptem
5、ber1838.Thoughshemanagedtodoallrightinherfirstterm,herhealthbrokeunderthestressandshereturnedhomearoundApril1839.In1842,CharlottedraggedEmilytoaschoolinBrussls.Emilydidwellbutmadenofriends,aswastypicalforher.Shewentbackhomeassoonasshepossiblycould.Emilybeginswritingpoemsatanearlyageand
6、publishedtwenty-oneofthem,togetherwithpoembyAnneandCharlotte,in1846.TheslimvolumewastitlepomesbyCurrer,Ellis,andActonBell.Onlytwocopiesweresold,andthefailureledallthreetobeginworkonnovels,EmilyonWutheringheights.In1848,Branwellbecameaddictedtobothdrugandalcoholandsoondied.Emilycaughtac
7、oldathisfuneralandneverlefthomeagain.ShediedoftuberculosisonDecember19,1848,attheageofthirty,andneverknewthegreatsuccessofheronlynovelWutheringheights.1.2TheContentsoftheWorksWutheringHeightsisgenerallyconsideredoneofthemostoriginalworks.Inmany吉林华桥外国语学院毕业论文用纸第12页aspects,itisuniqueand
