1、 Charlotte Bronte (1816-1855)vBorn:21 April 1816 Thornton,Yorkshire,EnglandvDied:31 March 1855(aged 39)Haworth,Yorkshire,EnglandvPen name:Lord Charles Albert Florian v Wellesley Currer BellvOccupation:governess,novelist,poetvGenres:novelvNotable work(s):Jane Eyre,VilletteHer LifevCharlotte Bront was
2、 an English novelist,the eldest of the three Bront sisters whose novels are English literature standards.Under the pen name Currer Bell,she wrote Jane Eyre.vCharlotte was born in Thornton,Yorkshire in 1816,the third of six children,to Patrick Bront,an Irish Anglican clergyman,and his wife,Maria ne B
3、ranwell.vIn April 1821,the family moved a few miles to Haworth,where Patrick had been appointed Perpetual Curate（教区牧师）.Mrs Bront died of cancer on 15 September 1821,leaving five daughters and a son to be taken care of by her sister Elizabeth Branwell.In August 1824,Charlotte was sent with three of h
4、er sisters,Emily,Maria and Elizabeth,to the Clergy Daughters School at Cowan Bridge in Lancashire(which she would describe as Lowood School in Jane Eyre).vIts poor conditions,Charlotte maintained,permanently affected her health and physical development and hastened the deaths of her two elder sister
5、s,Maria(born 1814)and Elizabeth(born 1815),who died of tuberculosis in June 1825 soon after their father removed them from the school on 1 June.vIn 1854,when she married her fathers curate（助理牧师）,the Rev.Arthur Bell Niahols,her health was already poor.After a few months of marriage a cold which she c
6、aught during pregnancy brought about her death on March 31,1855,at 39,the last of the Bronte children.Her Novelist SistersvEmily Bront(1818-1848)vWuthering Heights,1847呼啸山庄vAnne Bront（1820-1849）v Agnes Grey,1847v艾格尼斯格雷Her worksvJane Eyre,1847,简爱vShirley,1849,雪莉vVillette,1853,维莱特vThe Professor,1857,教
7、师vThis is a book about a womans life from the age of ten to twenty-two.You will enjoy this book if you dont mind romance and crying.Jane is sent to a horrible boarding school by her malicious aunt,then becomes a governess working at a mysterious manor.Love is around the corner,and she must avoid it
8、at all costs.Jane EyreEdward Rochester Adle Mrs Fairfax St John Rivers Lady Ingram couplehousekeeperdaughter of Mr.Rochesters French mistress teacherelder male cousin wooerMr.Brocklehurst the schools financial manager Mrs.ReedauntFamous sayings in Jane EyrevDo you think,because I am poor,obscure,pla
9、in,and little,I am soulless and heartless?You think wrong!I have as much soul as you,and full as much heart!And if God had gifted me with some beauty and much wealth,I should have made it as hard for you to leave me,as it is now for me to leave you.I am not talking to you now through the medium of c
10、ustom,conventionalities,nor even of mortal flesh;it is my spirit that addresses your spirit;just as if both had passed through the grave,and we stood at Gods feet,equal,as we are!”v罗切斯特:你舍得离开这儿吗?简:离开这儿?罗切斯特:结婚后,我不想住在这儿了.简:当然,阿黛尔可以去上学,我可以另找个工 v 作.我得进去了,先生.我冷.v罗切斯特:简.简:让我走吧.罗切斯特:等等.简:让我走.你以为,我因为穷,低微,矮
11、小,不美,我就没有灵魂没有心了吗?你想错了-我的心灵跟你一样丰富,我的心胸与你一样充实.虽然我一贫如洗,长相平庸,但我们的精神是平等的,就如同我们经过坟墓,最后将同样站在上帝面前-因为我们是平等的。Her StylevIn her three principal novels,“Jane Eyre”,“Shirley”and“Villette”,Charlotte Bronte shows herself a critical realist who attacks the greed,petty tyranny and lack of culture among the upper clas
12、ses and sympathizes with the sufferings of the workers and of poor people in general.The chief distinctive feature of her novels is the creation of courageous,upright figures,such as the heroines in“Jane Eyre”and“Villette”and Farren in“Shirley”,who successfully resist oppression and other social evi
13、ls in the inhuman world.vCharlotte Bronte considers herself a follower of Thackeray,so she dedicates“Jane Eyre”to him and in the preface to that novel speaks of her indebtedness（受恩惠）.On the other hand,she is under the influence of Dickens also,in the melodramatic（戏剧似的）effects in her stories and in t
14、he deeply moving scenes where she shows her sincere feelings for the victims of the unjust society.Her FeaturesuWithout a doubt,Charlotte Bront was progressive in her beliefs and took an early interest in politics.In a time when women were considered little more than social adornments and bearers of
15、 offspring,Charlotte Bront bravely contradicted society through her writing.uMarriage was always a viable solution,yet Charlotte Bront would only marry a man she respected,no matter what status or fortune the man had.Her InfluenceBront reminded her readers,or rather enlightened them to the fact that women of self-respect and intellect could seek their place in the world,without the assistance of men.In her subtlety,she wrote simple women,who relied upon the respect of themselves,rather than society,to provide fulfillment in their lives.Thank You
