1、The Bronte Sisters 勃朗特三姐妹 The Bronte Sisters are Charlotte Bronte (1816 1855) Emily Bronte (1818 1848) and Anne Bronte (1820 1849) Bronte Sisters Painted by their brother Branwell, from left to right: Anne, Emily, and Charlotte The moor and church of Haworth Personal Life Their father was a clergyma
2、n at Haworth， Yorkshire. When they were young， the Bronte sisters were sent to a school for clergymens 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 sis
3、ters， Charlotte and Emily were brought home to be educated by their father. For some time， they worked in a boarding school and were subsequently governesses in rich families. Charlotte 1849, Anne died; Father lost his eyesight Charlotte decided not to be married, but to look after father. Later she
4、 married to her father s curate / kjureit/(副牧师 ) Charlotte died in 1855, less than a year after her marriage. Representative works Emily: Wuthering Heights, 呼啸山庄 Anne: Agnes Grey, 安格尼斯 格雷 The Tenant of the Wildfell Hall 王尔德费尔庄园的佃户 Charlotte Bront (1816 1855 ) Charlotte s Representative Works 1) The
5、Professor, 教授 (based on her Brussels experience; not published until her death)(1846) 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) a realisti
6、c description of her sad experiences at a boarding school in Brussels. Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte 1 简 爱 的电影版 1934年版 1944年版的 简爱 1983年版的 简爱 1996年版的 简爱 1997年版的 简爱 Emily Bronte (1818-1848) Emily Bronte was perhaps the greatest writer of the three Bronte sisters - Charlotte, Emily and Anne. Emily Bron
7、te published only one novel, Wuthering Heights . But that single work has its place among the masterpieces of English literature. Some of her best lyrics are also rated with the best in English poetry. This is the portrait of Emily Bront Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte Anne Bronte (1820 1849) Anne
8、 Bronte 安妮 .勃朗特 Anne was born in 1820. She was a gentle and soft girl, being introvert and quiet, she was regarded less gifted than her two elder sisters. She just lived for 29 years, and during the last ten years of her life, she was busy serving as a governess. Though teaching had taken much of her time, she still wrote two novels, Agnes Grey and The Tenant of Wildfell Hall, which brought her great fame. She was the only one who was not buried in the church of Haworth. 故居 勃朗特姐妹 墓地和餐室
