呼嘯山莊中英文雙語介紹版本

1、呼嘯山莊中英文雙語介紹Wuthering Heights呼嘯山莊(Wuthering Heights),英國女作家艾米莉勃朗特(Emily Bront?)的小說，也是她唯一的一部小說，于1847年首度出版。當(dāng)時因為內(nèi)容對人性丑惡的描寫而遭致非議，被稱為是一本“可怕而野蠻”的書，書中寫盡 了寂寥的荒野、偏僻的古堡、粗暴的愛情，氣氛陰郁而濃厚，被當(dāng)時人所不 容。但是隨著時間的推移，這部小說逐漸的被主流社會所認(rèn)同，并且被認(rèn)為是 勃朗特姐妹所有的作品中最為出色的一部。艾米麗獨特的氣質(zhì)，對世界的感 悟，對荒原的依戀和描寫，給這部小說增添了獨特的審美意味，這是這部小說 明顯不同于維多利亞時代其他小說的原因

2、。其中也繼承了象征、恐怖和神秘等 哥特小說手法。小說的背景是十八世紀(jì)英格蘭北部的約克郡，呼嘯山莊的主人、恩肖先生 (Earnshaw帶回一個身分不明的吉普賽男孩，取名希斯克利夫(Heathcliff),這位小男孩奪去了主人對小主人亨彳惠利(Hindley)和他妹妹凱 瑟琳(Catherine)的寵愛。主人恩肖死后，亨德利從外地娶回一女子(法蘭西斯)，繼承了山莊，為了報復(fù)，他把希斯克利夫貶為奴仆，并百般迫害，可是妹 妹凱瑟琳卻和他產(chǎn)生了愛情，希斯克利夫天性倔強(qiáng)，性格敏感而多疑，兩人之 間卻又存在著激烈的沖突。后來，凱瑟琳受外界影響，改而愛上有錢、成熟的 畫眉莊園的青年埃彳惠加林頓(Edgar L

3、inton)。使希斯克利夫在暴風(fēng)雨之夜憤 而出走，三年后再出現(xiàn)時，已經(jīng)是一名富商，他的出現(xiàn)造成呼嘯山莊詭異的氣 氛，希斯克利夫的愛變得偏激，他不但想報復(fù)凱瑟琳，還不放過她身邊的每一 個人，他用賭博贏得了山莊，亨德利成為他的仆人，亨德利最后死得不明不 白，兒子哈里頓則成了奴仆。他還故意娶了埃彳惠加的妹妹伊莎貝拉(Isabella)為妻，造成兄妹失和，并施以迫害。埃德加反對凱瑟琳和希斯克里夫繼續(xù)來 往，這使得凱瑟琳越來越憂郁，內(nèi)心痛苦不堪的凱瑟琳在生產(chǎn)中死去。希斯克 利夫甚至想把凱瑟琳的遺體從墳?zāi)估锿诔鰜硪娮詈笠幻?。十多年后，希斯克利夫又設(shè)法強(qiáng)迫埃德加的女兒小凱瑟琳，嫁給自己即將死去 的兒子林敦。

4、埃德加和林敦都死了，希斯克利夫最終把埃德加的財產(chǎn)也據(jù)為己 有。復(fù)仇得逞了，他對凱瑟琳的愛是粗暴的，卻也是無可取代的，他甚至希望 死后能把棺材打開，跟凱瑟琳靈魂長相廝守，最終不吃不喝、苦戀而亡。小凱 瑟琳和哈里頓繼承了山莊和田莊的產(chǎn)業(yè)，兩人終于相愛，在畫眉田莊安頓下 來。Wuthering Heights is the only published novel by Emily Bront?, written between October 1845 and June 18461 and published in July of the following year. It was not pr

5、inted until December 1847 under the pseudonym Ellis Bell, after the success of her sister Charlotte Bront?'s novel Jane Eyre. A posthumous second edition was edited by Charlotte in 1850.2The title of the novel comes from the Yorkshire manor on the moors of the story. The narrative centres on the

6、 all-encompassing, passionate, but ultimately doomed love between Catherine Earnshaw and Heathcliff, and how this unresolved passion eventually destroys them and the people around themOpening (chapters 1 to 3)In 1801, Mr. Lockwood, a rich man from the south of England, rents Thrushcross Grange in th

7、e north of England for peace and recuperation. Soon after his arrival, he visits his landlord, Mr. Heathcliff, who lives in the remote moorland farmhouse called "Wuthering Heights." He finds the inhabitants of Wuthering Heights to be a rather strange group: Mr. Heathcliff appears a gentlem

8、an but his mannerisms suggest otherwise; the reserved mistress of the house is in her mid-teens; and a young man appears to be one of the family, although he dresses and talks like a servant.Being snowed in, Mr. Lockwood stays the night and is shown to an unused chamber, where he finds books and gra

9、ffiti from a former inhabitant of the farmhouse named Catherine. When he falls asleep, he has a nightmare in which he sees Catherine as a ghost trying to enter through the window. Heathcliff rushes to the room after hearing him yelling in fear. He believes Mr. Lockwood is telling the truth, and insp

10、ects the window, opening it in a futile attempt to let Catherine's spirit in from the cold. After nothing eventuates, Heathcliff shows Mr. Lockwood to his own bedroom, and returns to keep guard at the window.As soon as the sun rises, Mr. Lockwood is escorted back to Thrushcross Grange by Heathcl

11、iff. There, he asks his housekeeper, Nelly Dean, to tell him the story of the family from the Heights.The Childhood of Heathcliff (chapters 4 to 17)Thirty years prior, the Earnshaw family lived at Wuthering Heights. The children of the family are the teenaged Hindley and his younger sister, Catherin

12、e. Mr. Earnshaw travels to Liverpool, where he finds a homeless dark-skinned boy whom he decides to adopt, naming him "Heathcliff." Hindley finds himself robbed of his father's affections and becomes bitterly jealous of Heathcliff. However, Catherine grows very attached to him. Soon, t

13、he two children spend hours on the moors together and hate every moment apart.Because of the domestic discord caused by Hindley's and Heathcliff's sibling rivalry, Hindley is eventually sent to college. However, he marries a woman named Frances and returns three years later, after Mr. Earnsh

14、aw dies. He becomes master of Wuthering Heights, and forces Heathcliff to become a servant instead of a member of the family.Several months after Hindley's return, Heathcliff and Catherine travel to Thrushcross Grange to spy on the Linton family. However, they are spotted and try to escape. Cath

15、erine, having been caught by a dog, is brought inside the Grange to have injuries tended to while Heathcliff is sent home. Catherine eventually returns to Wuthering Heights as a changed woman, looking and acting as a lady. She laughs at Heathcliff's unkempt appearance. When the Lintons visit the

16、 next day, Heathcliff dresses up toimpress her. It fails when Edgar, one of the Linton children, argues with him. Heathcliff is locked in the attic, where Catherine later tries to comfort him. He swears vengeance on Hindley.In the summer of the next year, Frances gives birth to a son, Hareton, but s

17、he dies before the year is out. This leads Hindley to descend into a life of drunkenness and waste.Two years pass and Catherine has become close friends with Edgar, growing more distant from Heathcliff. One day in August, while Hindley is absent, Edgar comes to visit Catherine. She has an argument w

18、ith Nelly, which then spreads to Edgar who tries to leave. Catherine stops him and, before long, they declare themselves lovers.Later, Catherine talks with Nelly, explaining that Edgar had asked her to marry him and she had accepted. She says that she does not really love Edgar but Heathcliff. Unfor

19、tunately she could never marry Heathcliff because of his lack of status and education. She therefore plans to marry Edgar and use that position to help raise Heathcliff's standing. Unfortunately, Heathcliff had overheard the first part about not being able to marry him and runs away, disappearin

20、g without a trace. After three years, Edgar and Catherine are married.Six months after the marriage, Heathcliff returns as a gentleman, having grown stronger and richer during his absence. Catherine is delighted to see him although Edgar is not so keen. Edgar's sister, Isabella, now eighteen, fa

21、lls in love with Heathcliff, seeing him as a romantic hero. He despises her but encourages the infatuation, seeing it as a chance for revenge on Edgar. When he embraces Isabella one day at the Grange, there is an argument with Edgar which causes Catherine to lock herself in her room and fall ill.Hea

22、thcliff has been staying at the Heights, gambling with Hindley and teaching Hareton bad habits. Hindley is gradually losing his wealth, mortgaging the farmhouse to Heathcliff to repay his debts.While Catherine is ill, Heathcliff elopes with Isabella. The fugitives marry and return two months later t

23、o Wuthering Heights. Heathcliff hears that Catherine is 川 and arranges with Nelly to visit her in secret. In the early hours of the day after their meeting, Catherine gives birth to her daughter, Cathy, and then dies.The day after Catherine's funeral, Isabella flees Heathcliff and escapes to the

24、 south of England where she eventually gives birth to Linton, Heathcliff's son. Hindley dies six months after Catherine. Heathcliff finds himself the master of Wuthering Heights and the guardian of Hareton.The Maturity of Heathcliff (chapters 18 to 31)Twelve years later, Cathy has grown into a b

25、eautiful, high-spirited girl who has rarely passed outside the borders of the Grange. Edgar hears that Isabella is dying and leaves to pick up her son with the intention of adopting him. While he is gone, Cathy meets Hareton on the moors and learns of her cousin's and Wuthering Heights' exis

26、tence.Edgar returns with Linton who is a weak and sickly boy. Although Cathy is attracted to him, Heathcliff wants his son with him and insists on having him taken to the Heights.Three years later, Nelly and Cathy are on the moors when they meet Heathcliff who takes them to Wuthering Heights to see

27、Linton and Hareton. He has plans for Linton and Cathy to marry so that he will inherit Thrushcross Grange. Cathy and Linton begin a secret friendship.In August of the next year, while Edgar is very ill, Nelly and Cathy visit Wuthering Heights and are held captive by Heathcliff who wants to marry his

28、 son to Cathy and, at the same time, prevent her from returning to her father before he dies. After five days, Nelly is released and Cathy escapes with Linton's help just in time to see her father before he dies.With Heathcliff now the master of both Wuthering Heights and Thrushcross Grange, Cat

29、hy has no choice but to leave Nelly and to go and live with Heathcliff and Hareton. Linton dies soon afterwards and, although Hareton tries to be kind to her, she retreats into herself. This is the point of the story at which Lockwood arrives.After being ill with a cold for some time, Lockwood decides that he has had enough of the moors and travels to Wuthering Heights to inform Heathcliff that he is returning to the south.Ending (chap