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1、Unit5EnjoyingnovelsPartOne:TeachingDesign1.JaneAustenJaneAusten(December16,1775–July18,1817)wasaprominentEnglishnovelistwhoseworkisconsideredpartoftheWesterncanon.Despitelivingtheshelteredlifeofaspinster,herinsightsintowomen'slivesandhermasteryofformandironymad
2、eherarguablythemostnotedandinfluentialnovelistofherera.2.CharlotteBrontëCharlotteBrontë(April21,1816–March31,1855)wasanEnglishnovelist,theeldestofthetrioofBrontësisterswhosenovelshavebecomeenduringclassicsofEnglishliterature.InMay1846,sheandhertwoyoungersisters
3、,AnneandEmily,publishedajointcollectionofpoetryunderthenamesofCurrer,Ellis,andActonBell,which,however,fellflat.Charlottecontinuedtousethename'CurrerBell'whenpublishingherfirsttwonovels.Hernovelsare:·JaneEyre,published1847·Shirley,published1849·Villette,publishe
4、d1853·TheProfessor,originallywrittenbeforeJaneEyreandrejectedbymanypublishinghouses,waseventuallypublishedposthumouslyin18573.AnneBrontëAnneBrontë(January17,1820–May28,1849)wasaBritishauthor,theyoungestofthetriooffamousBrontësisterswhowroteacclaimedVictorianrom
5、anticnovelsofmannersandsociety.ShewasborninthevillageofThornton,Yorkshire,England,theyoungestofsixsiblings.Anne'smotherdiedayearlater,afterthefamilyhadmovedtoHaworthwhereherfatherwasperpetualcurate.Muchhasbeensaidabouttheinfluenceofthisdeathonherandhersiblingsa
6、ndhowitmayhaveaffectedtheirwritings.Twoofhersisters,CharlotteandEmily,werealsoauthorsandpoets.Anne'spoetrywaspublished,alongwiththatofhersisters,in1846,underthepseudonym"ActonBell".Hernovelsare:·AgnesGrey,published1847·TheTenantofWildfellHall,published1848Shedi
7、edattheseasideresortofScarborough,England,whichwasalsothesettingforbothofhernovels.ShewasburiedatSaintMary'sChurchyard,Scarborough.ShehadbeeninScarboroughforonlyafewdays,havingbeensentthereinthehopeofcuringhertuberculosis—anillnessfromwhichherbrother,BranwellBr
8、ontë,andthreeofherfoursistershadalreadydied.4.EmilyJaneBrontëEmilyJaneBrontë(July30,1818–December19,1848)wasaBritishnovelistandpoet,bestrememberedforheronesinglenovelWutheri
