Bronte Sisters 勃朗特三姐妹ppt课件

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For some time， they worked in a boarding school and were subsequently governesses in rich families. Charlotte & her two younger sisters had a great fondness for literature. In May 1846 appeared a volume of poetry
The Bronte Sisters 勃朗特三姐妹
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The Bronte Sisters are
Charlotte Bronte (1816—1855) Emily Bronte (1818—1848) and Anne Bronte (1820—1849)
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Bronte Sisters
entitled Poems by Currer， Ellis and Acton
Bell （the pseudonyms(笔名) of Charlotte， Emily and Anne）， but received little attention and only two copies were sold. Then the three sisters turned to novel writing.
her love for him，cuts a completely new woman
image. In this novel Charlotte characterizes Jane
Eyre as a naive， kind-hearted， noble-minded
• 《王尔德费尔庄园的佃户》
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Charlotte Brontë (1816—1855 )
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Charlotte’s Representative Works
1) The Professor,《教授》 (based on her Brussels experience; not published until her death)(1846)
a realistic description of her sad experiences at a boarding school in Brussels.
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Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte
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Jane Eyre's character：
Jane Eyre， an orphan child with a fiery
spirit and a longing to love and be loved，a poor，
plain, little governess who dares to love her

master，a man superior to her in many ways，
and even is brave enough to declare to the man
lungs;
1849, Anne died;
Father lost his eyesight Charlotte decided
Charlotte died in 1855, less than a year after her marriage.
not to be married, but to look after father. Later she married to her
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The picture of their house
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Misfortunate Life
1848, Emily died a victim of tuberculosis(肺结核)
1848, Branwell died of the inflammation of the
Painted by their brother Branwell, from left to right: Anne, Emily, and Charlotte
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The moor and church of Haworth
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Personal Life
Their father was a clergyman at Haworth， Yorkshire. When they were young，the Bronte sisters were sent to a school for clergymen's daughters. The oldest two died there due to the poor and unhealthy conditions. This experience inspired the later portrayal of Lowood School in the novel Jane Eyre. After the death of the elder sisters， Charlotte and Emily were brought home to be educated by their father.
father’s curate
/ˊkjuəreit/(副牧师)
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Representative works
• Emily:
• Wuthering Heights,《呼啸山庄》
• Anne:
• Agnes Grey,《安格尼斯· 格雷》 • The Tenant of the Wildfell Hall
2) Jane Eyre,《简爱》 (masterpiece)(1847) 3) Shirley,《舍丽》 (1849)
dealing with the life of workers at the time of the Luddites’ movement (卢德运动, 17 c. machines, deprived, work, destroy) 4) Villette,《维莱特》, (1853)