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《呼啸山庄》中两代凯瑟琳的性格对比分析 【标题】《呼啸山庄》中两代凯瑟琳的性格对比分析 【作者】何灼平 【关键词】凯瑟琳性格对比分析 【指导老师】唐玲 【专业】英语教育 【正文】1. Introduction1.1 Introduction to t he AuthorEmily Bronte (1818―1848) was born in the family of a poor country clergyman at Haworth, Yorkshire. She and Charlotte, together with their two sisters, were sent to a charity school where they were cruelly treated and two of her sisters were dead there. They had little schooling, but wide reading and home education seemed to give free play to their imagination. They wrote stories and poems. Then they worked as governesses in rich families for some time. In1846, a small volume of verse was published under the pseudonyms of Emily and her sisters Charlotte and Anne. Although only two copies were sold that year. The sisters were not frustrated. Then they started writing novels. The year 1837 seemed to be a bright one for all the sisters: Charlotte’s Jane Eyre, Emily’s Wuthering Heights and Anne’s Agnes Grey were all published. In1848 Emily died. Sharing the miserable life of the whole family, Emily differed from her elder sister Charlotte in having a more passionate and rebellious character. She is remembered and extolled chiefly as the author of Wuthering Heights. But at the turn of the century, the fame of Wuthering heights was gradually rising; Emily Bronte was regarded as the most gifted of the three Bronte sisters. In particular, her reputation greatly rose after the thirties of the century. A large number of critical essays on her work have come out in various viewpoints. We have found the Bronte sisters to be a curious and interesting phenomenon in English literature. The Bronte society was established in 1894 for the preservation of Bronte works, and a popular cult has grown about Emily and her sisters.1.2 Introduction to Wuthering Heights Wuthering Heights, written by Emily Bronte, is one of the greatest curiosities, as it is one of the great masterpieces of literature. It is Emily Bronte’s only novel