Charlotte bronte emily bronte anne bronte
From 65438 to 0847, Jane Eyre and Wuthering Heights were published in Britain. The appearance of these two works caused a strong sensation in the literary world; However, these two immortal masterpieces were written by two little-known sisters, which became a much-told story in the history of English literature. The two sisters are Charlotte Brontexq and emily bronte. Charlotte's Jane Eyre immediately attracted the attention of critics at that time with its novel theme and sincere feelings, while Emily occupied a prominent position in the history of English literature by virtue of Wuthering Heights, a novel with strange imagination. However, people did not expect that the success of these two sisters stems from their lonely, depressed and unfortunate lives.
A bleak and lonely childhood
The Bronte sisters grew up in a poor pastor's family, and their mother died of lung cancer when their children were very young, which made the whole family fall into misfortune. Without a mother, children's childhood is like a deep winter without sunshine, bleak and boring. Fortunately, their father, the poor priest, was knowledgeable, and personally taught them to read books and guided them to read newspapers, which had a great influence on them. This is also a blessing in disguise.
Because of the bitterness of life, the Bronte sisters had to spend their childhood in a charity school. Because of the poor living conditions at school, Charlotte and Emily's two sisters both died of lung disease, which gave Charlotte a very heavy blow. Later, she moved her school into Jane Eyre. In memory of her sister, she created a lovely little girl in helen burns. After that, Charlotte and Emily went home and taught themselves with their younger brother branwell and younger sister Anne.
Their family lives in a desolate and remote mountain area, and the family has been living in isolation, so the only places where they play are the endless swamp and the wilderness in the west. They often walk in the wilderness and feel the breath of the wilderness, especially Emily, who is taciturn on the surface but full of passion in her heart. She wrote all her feelings about the wasteland into Wuthering Heights, which constituted the unique atmosphere of Wuthering Heights. In order to pass the lonely time, the four of them often read books, write poems and make up legends. They started a handwritten publication: Young People's Magazine, which brought them great fun and was the initial exercise for them to become famous writers in the future. In Lou's time, Charlotte wrote many novels, poems and plays. According to the list of her own 14-year-old works, there are 22 volumes.
Relief after hard work
In order to make a living, the Bronte sisters left home to be tutors, and their humiliating life aroused their strong anger. Charlotte felt discriminated against and lonely. She hated the profession of governess and left after working for only a few months twice, but this experience provided extremely important material for Jane Eyre. In a hard and closed life, the Bronte sisters often use their spare time in the evening to actively write as a relief from boring and hard work. Emily, in particular, has to undertake the heavy housework of the whole family besides work, such as washing clothes, cooking and baking bread. In order to write down writing materials at any time, she always carries a pen and paper with her when she works in the kitchen. As long as there is a gap, she immediately writes down the ideas that come to her mind and then continues to cook.
During this period, they never stopped their creative activities. 1836, Charlotte sent several poems she wrote to Southey, a famous poet laureate at that time. Unexpectedly, Southey thinks that literature is not a career for women, and Charlotte has no special talent. It never occurred to him that Charlotte Brontexq, who he thought had no special talent, would become a writer who made a sensation in English literature in 10 years.
The Bronte sisters originally planned to run a school together, but there was an advertisement for students, but no one signed up. At this time, their only brother, branwell, got into the bad habit of drinking because of the stimulation of the environment, so he lost his job and became a burden to his family. 1845 One day in autumn, Charlotte came across a book of poems written by Emily. She was deeply moved and thought that writing might be a way out. So she used the legacy of her dead menstruation to publish a book of poems with her two sisters. But although the poem was beautifully written, it failed to attract people's attention and only sold two copies.
The success of novel creation
Nevertheless, the publication of this collection of poems inspired their creative mood, so the Bronte sisters buried themselves in writing novels. This year, my little sister anne bronte wrote Agnes Gray, Emily wrote Wuthering Heights and Charlotte wrote The Professor. The first two books were accepted by the publisher, but only the professor was returned. But Charlotte didn't lose heart. She began to write Jane Eyre. Many characters and plots in the novel are familiar to her from life. It took her a year to write Jane Eyre at a fairly fast speed. Two months later, the book was published, while Agnes Gray and Wuthering Heights were not published until after the publication of Jane Eyre. However, only Jane Eyre was successful and valued, while Wuthering Heights was not understood by readers at that time.
However, with the passage of time, Wuthering Heights has shocked the hearts of more and more people with the author's "extraordinary enthusiasm" and her unparalleled "strong emotion, sadness and boldness" after Byron. Therefore, Wuthering Heights is regarded as "the strangest novel", and emily bronte established her position in the history of English literature and world literature with her only novel.