The Road Less Traveled

图书标准信息

• 作者 Charlotte Bront.（夏洛蒂·勃朗特） 著
• 出版社 Random House
• 出版时间 1983-09
• 版次 1
• ISBN 9780553211405
• 定价 21.10元
• 装帧 平装
• 开本 32开
• 纸张 胶版纸
• 页数 492页
• 正文语种 英语
• 丛书 Bantam Classics

【内容简介】

CharlotteBront?'simpassionednovelisthelovestoryofJaneEyre,aplainyetspiritedgoverness,andheremployer,thearrogant,broodingMr.Rochester.Publishedin1847underthepseudonymCurrerBell,thebookheraldedanewkindofheroine—onewhosevirtuousintegrity,keenintellect,andtirelessperseverancebrokethroughclassbarrierstowinequalstaturewiththemansheloved.HailedbyWilliamMakepeaceThackerayas"themasterworkofagreatgenius,"JaneEyreisstillregarded,overacenturylater,asoneofthefinestnovelsinEnglishliterature.

【作者简介】

EmilyJaneBront?wasthemostsolitarymemberofaunique,tightly-knit,Englishprovincialfamily.Bornin1818,shesharedtheparsonageofthetownofHaworth,Yorkshire,withheroldersister,Charlotte,herbrother,Branwell,heryoungersister,Anne,andherfather,TheReverendPatrickBront?.Allfivewerepoetsandwriters;allbutBranwellwouldpublishatleastonebook.

FantasywastheBront?children'sonerelieffromtherigorsofreligionandthebleaknessoflifeinanimpoverishedregion.Theyinventedaseriesofimaginarykingdomsandconstructedawholelibraryofjournals,stories,poems,andplaysaroundtheirinhabitants.Emily'sspecialprovincewasakingdomshecalledGondal,whoseromanticheroesandexilesowedmuchtothepoemsofByron.

BriefstaysatseveralboardingschoolswerethesumofherexperiencesoutsideHaworthuntil1842,whensheenteredaschoolinBrusselswithhersisterCharlotte.Afterayearofstudyandteachingthere,theyfeltqualifiedtoannouncetheopeningofaschoolintheirownhome,butcouldnotattractasinglepupil.

In1845CharlotteBront?cameacrossamanuscriptvolumeofhersister'spoems.Sheknewatonce,shelaterwrote,thattheywere"notatalllikepoetrywomengenerallywrite…theyhadapeculiarmusic–wild,melancholy,andelevating."Athersister'surging,Emily'spoems,alongwithAnne'sandCharlotte's,werepublishedpseudonymouslyin1846.Analmostcompletesilencegreetedthisvolume,butthethreesisters,buoyedbythefactofpublication,immediatelybegantowritenovels.Emily'seffortwasWutheringHeights;appearingin1847itwastreatedatfirstasalesserworkbyCharlotte,whoseJaneEyrehadalreadybeenpublishedtogreatacclaim.EmilyBront?'snamedidnotemergefrombehindherpseudonymofEllisBelluntilthesecondeditionofhernovelappearedin1850.

Inthemeantime,tragedyhadstrucktheBront?family.InSeptemberof1848Branwellhadsuccumbedtoalifeofdissipation.ByDecember,afterabriefillness,Emilytoowasdead;hersisterAnnewoulddiethenextyear.WutheringHeights,Emily'sonlynovel,wasjustbeginningtobeunderstoodasthewildandsingularworkofgeniusthatitis."Strongerthanaman,"wroteCharlotte,"Simplerthanachild,hernaturestoodalone."