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Unit 5 Enjoying novels 背景知识导读 1. Jane Austen Jane Austen (December 16, 1775 – July 18, 1817) was a prominent English novelist whose work is considered part of the Western canon. Despite living the sheltered life of a spinster, her insights into womens lives and her mastery of form and irony made her arguably the most noted and influential novelist of her era. 2. Charlotte Bront? Charlotte Bront? (April 21, 1816 – March 31, 1855) was an English novelist, the eldest of the trio of Bront? sisters whose novels have become enduring classics of English literature. In May 1846, she and her two younger sisters, Anne and Emily, published a joint collection of poetry under the names of Currer, Ellis, and Acton Bell, which, however, fell flat. Charlotte continued to use the name Currer Bell when publishing her first two novels. Her novels are: Jane Eyre, published 1847 Shirley, published 1849 Villette, published 1853 The Professor, originally written before Jane Eyre and rejected by many publishing houses, was eventually published posthumously in 1857 3. Anne Bront? Anne Bront? (January 17, 1820 – May 28, 1849) was a British author, the youngest of the trio of famous Bront? sisters who wrote acclaimed Victorian romantic novels of manners and society. She was born in the village of Thornton, Yorkshire, England, the youngest of six siblings. Annes mother died a year later, after the family had moved to Haworth where her father was perpetual curate. Much has been said about the influence of this death on her and her siblings and how it may have affected their writings. Two of her sisters, Charlotte and Emily, were also authors and poets. Annes poetry was published, along with that of her sisters, in 1846, under the pseudonym Acton Bell. Her novels are: Agnes Grey, published 1847 The Tenant of Wildfell Hall, published 1848 She died at the seaside resort of Scarborough, England, which was also the setting for both of her novels. She was buried at Saint Marys Churchyard