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1、EmilyBronte(1818—1848)TheauthorEmilyBrontewasanEnglishnovelistandpoet.nowbestrememberedforheronlynovel,WutheringHeights.aclassicalofEnglishliterature.HerinfluenceEmilyBronte's"WutheringHeights"tooktheliteraryworldbystormwhenitwaspublishedin1847.There
2、hadneverbeenanovellikeit,anditcontinuestocastapowerfulspelloverreaderstothisday.ThisbooktakesextractsandexaminestheminclosedetailtoexplorehowBronteachieveshereffectsandtoinquireintothesignificanceofhercharactersandfable.Thereaderistaughttoexploreanda
3、ppreciatethelove-tragedyofCatherineandHeathcliff,theresonantimagesandsymbolsofthetext,andthecomplexwaythestoryistold.EmilyBrontëwasborninThornton,Yorkshire,inthenorthofEngland.HerfatherwastherectorofHawortfrom1820.Aftertheirmotherdiedin1821,thechildr
4、enspentmostoftheirtimeinreadingandcomposition.Toescapetheirunhappychildhood,Anne,Emily,CharlotteandtheirbrotherBranwellcreatedimaginaryworlds-perhapsinspiredbyJonathanSwift'sGulliver'sTravels(1726).EmilyandAnnecreatedtheirownGondalsaga,andBramwelland
5、CharlotterecordedtheirstoriesaboutthekingdomofAngriainminutenotebooks.Betweentheyears1824and1825EmilyattendedtheschoolatCowanBridgewithCharlotte,andthenwaslargelyeducatedathome.Herfather'sbookshelfofferedavarietyofreading:theBible,Homer,Virgil,Shakes
6、peare,Milton,Byron,Scottandmanyothers.ThechildrenalsoreadenthusiasticallyarticlesoncurrentaffairsandintellectualdisputesinBlackwood'sEdinburghMagazine,Fraser'sMagazine,andEdinburghReview.LifeexperienceIn1835EmilyBrontëwasatRoeHead,butsufferedfromhome
7、sicknessandreturnedafterafewmonthstothemoorlandsceneryofhome.In1837shebecameagovernessatLawHill,nearHalifax,whereshespentsixmonths.Tofacilitatetheirplantokeepschoolforgirls,EmilyandCharlotteBrontëwentin1842toBrusselstolearnforeignlanguagesandschoolma
8、nagement.EmilyreturnedonthesameyeartoHaworth,whereshestayedfortherestofherbrieflife.UnlikeCharlotte,Emilyhadnoclosefriends.Shewroteafewlettersandwasinterestedinmysticism.Herfirstnovel,WutheringHeights(1847),astory-within-a-story,didnotgainimmediatesu
