JaneAusten(简·奥斯汀)TheBronteSisters(勃朗特姐妹)Charlotte(夏洛蒂)Emily(艾米莉)Anne(安妮)JaneAusten(1775—1817)LifeWorksCommentsLifeJaneAustenwasbornin1775intheEnglishcountrysideBeingadaughterofacountryclergyman,shepassedallherlifedoingsmalldomesticdutiesinthecountryside.LifeShewaseducatedathomeandbegantowriteatanearlyage.Writingboutthesmallworldshelivedin.Shepublishedherworkanonymouslyowingtotheprejudiceprevailingatthattime.Duringherlifetimeshewasnever“lionized”.LifeJanediedin1817,onlylivedfor42years.WalterScottoncesaid,“Whatapitysuchagiftedcreaturediedsoearly!”Works(6novels)•Northanger《诺桑觉寺》•SenseandSensibility《理智与情感》•MansfieldDPark《曼斯菲尔德庄园》•PrideandPrejudice《傲慢与偏见》•Emma《爱玛》•Persuasion《劝导》PrideandPrejudiceThebookmainlytellsthelovestorybetweenarich,proudyoungman,DarcyandthebeautifulandintelligentElizabethBennet.WorksWorksCommentsonJane•JuanAustenwasthefirstEnglishwomannovelistandsheindeedpresentedthefeaturesofrealism.•Hernovelsshowsawealthofhumor,witanddelicatesatire.Herdialoguesareadmirablytruetolife.•Sheisatherbestinwritingaboutyounggirls,becausesheunderstandsthemastonishinglywell.TheBronteSistersTheywereallliterary,alltalentedanddyingyoung.TheywerethedaughtersofapoorclergymaninthelittlevillageofHaworth,Yorkshire,inNorthernEngland.Theirmotherdiedin1821,leavingfivedaughtersandason,theeldertwoofwhichdiedinacharityschool.TheBronteSistersTheydidnotgetmuchformalschoolingintheiryoungdays.Theyworkedasgovernessinwhichfamiliesforsometime.Theycontributedtoasmalljointvolume,entitledPoemsbyCurrier,EllisandActonbell,thepseudonymofCharlotte,EmilyandAnne.Charlotte•SheintroducedthefirstgovernessnovelinthehistoryofEnglishliterature.Sheistheforerunnerofthefeminismandthefeminismliterary.Herrealismwascoloredbypettybourgeoisphilanthropy.Charlotte她第一次把以家庭教师为题材的小说引入英国文学历史,是女权主义和女权主义文学的先驱者。1.Professor《教师》2.Shirley《雪丽》ItdealswiththelifeworkersatthetimeoftheLuddites’movement.(卢德运动)3.Villette《维莱特》ItisarealisticdescriptionofhersadexperiencesataboardingschoolinBrussels.Works4.JaneEyreItishermasterpiece.Itisnotedforitssharpcriticismoftheexcitingsociety.Itisarepresentativeworkofthefeministwritings.Inthenovel,CharlottecriticizestheVictorianEngland’sstrictsocialhierarchy.•Oneofthecentralthemesofthebookisthecriticismofthebourgeoissystemofeducation.NotlesssevereisherdescriptionoftheEnglandcountrysquire.Anotherproblemraisedinthenovelisthepositionofwomaninsociety.EmilyEmilyBrontewasapoetandnovelist.Intheopinionofmanycritics,shewasthemostgiftedofthethreeBrontesisters.Shewasmostfamousforhermasterpiece,WutheringHeights.WutheringHeightsWutheringHeights,inmyopinion,dealswithaman’srevengefulstory.Itcanbeinterruptedintoacriticismtothebourgeoisiematrimonialsystem.Anne•AnneistheyoungestoftheBronte•sisters,bothsheandhersisterEmilydiedunmarried.•Works:AgnesGrey《安德尼斯•格雷》TheTenantoftheWildfellHall《王尔德费尔庄园的佃户》