勃朗特三姐妹__Bronte_Sisters选编.ppt

Englands literary folle ----- The Bronte Sisters;The Bronte Sisters;Charlotte Bronte;（Jane Eyre） 《简·爱》 1847 （Shirley） 《雪莉》 1849 （Villette） 《维莱特》 1853 （The Professor） 《教师》 1857 ;Masterpiece;Shirley;Villette;The Professor;Writing style;Influence; Emily Bront? ;Wuthering heights ;Plot;Being snowed in, he has to stay the night and is shown to an unused chamber where he finds books and graffiti(涂鸦) from a former inhabitant of the farmhouse called Catherine. When he falls asleep, his dreams are prompted by this person and he has a nightmare where he sees her as a ghost trying to get in through the window. He wakes and is unable to return to sleep so, as soon as the sun rises, he is escorted back to Thrushcross Grange by Heathcliff. There he asks his housekeeper, Ellen Dean, to tell him the story of the family from the Heights.;The Childhood of Heathcliff (chapters 4 to 17) ;Heathcliff and Cathy continue to run wild and, in November, a few months after Hindleys return, they make their way to Thrushcross Grange to spy on the inhabitants. As they watch the childish behaviour of Edgar and Isabella Linton, the children of the Grange, they are spotted and try to escape. Catherine, having been caught by a dog, is brought inside and helped while Heathcliff is sent home. Five weeks later, Catherine returns to Wuthering Heights but she has now changed, looking and acting as a lady. She laughs at Heathcliffs unkempt appearance and, the next day when the Lintons visit, he dresses up to impress her. It fails when Edgar makes fun of him and they argue. Heathcliff is locked in the attic where, in the evening, Catherine climbs over the roof to comfort him. He vows to get his revenge on Hindley.;In the summer of the next year, Frances gives birth to a child, Hareton, but she dies before the year is out. This leads Hindley to descend into a life of drunkenness and waste. Two years on and Catherine has become close friends with Edgar, gr