《巴黎圣母院》The Hunchback of Notre DameThe Hunchback of Notre Dame (French: Notre-Dame de Paris) is an 1831 French novel written by Victor H It is set in 1482 in Paris， in and around the cathedral of Notre Dame de P The book tells the story of a poor barefoot Gypsy girl (La Esmeralda) and a misshapen bell-ringer (Quasimodo) who was raised by the archdeacon (Claude Frollo) The book was written as a statement to preserve the Notre Dame cathedral and not to 'modernize' it， as Hugo was thoroughly against Hugo finished the book just as he was running out of This tempted him to title the work What There Is in a Bottle of I[1] He eventually decided against it and called the book Notre-Dame de P English translations of the book are often titled The Hunchback of Notre Dame， which have led some to believe that Quasimodo is the main Hugo never liked this title， preferring the original Notre-Dame de P He gave this title because he considered the cathedral itself to be the main "character" of the The story takes place around and inside the church， and Hugo spent much time describing the building as well as decrying its abandonment after the abuse it suffered during the French Revolution; during the Revolution， the church had been viewed as a symbol of the old regime and was pillaged and vandalized by angry As stated by many critics and scholars， the Cathedral of Notre Dame appears to be the main setting， which is almost elevated to the status of a Indeed， the original French title of the book， Notre-Dame de Paris (the formal title of the Cathedral) shows that the cathedral (and not Quasimodo) is the subject of the The book portrays the Gothic era as one of extremes of architecture， passion， and Like many of his other works， Hugo is also very concerned with social justice， and his descriptions of religious fanaticism are also Another unique element of the book is the way in which Hugo changes the roles of protagonist and antagonist， hero and villain， between characters throughout the The enormous popularity of the book in France spurred the nascent historical preservation movement in that country and strongly encouraged Gothic revival Ultimately it led to major renovations at Notre-Dame in the 19th century led by Eugène Viollet-le-D Much of the cathedral's present appearance is a result of this In The Hunchback of Notre Dame， Victor Hugo makes frequent reference to the architecture of the Cathedral of Notre Dame in PHe also mentions the invention of the printing press， when the bookmaker near the beginning of the work speaks of "the German "Victor Hugo lived a few homes away from Victor of Aveyron， the first well-documented feral child，[2] although the inspiration for Quasimodo's character is not directly linked to
《呼啸山庄》英文读后感Published in 1847， WUTHERING HEIGHTS was not well received by the reading public， many of whom condemned it as sordid， vulgar， and unnatural--and author Emily Bronte went to her grave in 1848 believing that her only novel was a It was not until 1850， when WUTHERING HEIGHTS received a second printing with an introduction by Emily's sister Charlotte， that it attracted a wide And from that point the reputation of the book has never looked Today it is widely recognized as one of the great novels of English Even so， WUTHERING HEIGHTS continues to divide It is not a pretty love story; rather， it is swirling tale of largely unlikeable people caught up in obsessive love that turns to dark It is cruel， violent， dark and brooding， and many people find it extremely And yet--it possesses a grandeur of language and design， a sense of tremendous pity and great loss that sets it apart from virtually every other novel The novel is told in the form of an extended After a visit to his strange landlord， a newcomer to the area desires to know the history of the family--which he receives from Nelly Deans， a servant who introduces us to the Earnshaw family who once resided in the house known as Wuthering H It was once a cheerful place， but Old Earnshaw adopted a "Gipsy" child who he named H And Catherine， daughter of the house， found in him the perfect companion: wild， rude， and as proud and cruel as But although Catherine loves him， even recognizes him as her soulmate， she cannot lower herself to marry so far below her social She instead marries another， and in so doing sets in motion an obsession that will destroy them WUTHERING HEIGHTS is a bit difficult to "get into;" the opening chapters are so dark in their portrait of the end result of this obsessive love that they are somewhat off- But they feed into the flow of the work in a remarkable way， setting the stage for one of the most remarkable structures in all of literature， a story that circles upon itself in a series of repetitions as it plays out across two Catherine and Heathcliff are equally remarkable， both vicious and cruel， and yet never able to shed their impossible love no matter how brutally one may wound the As the novel coils further into alcoholism， seduction， and one of the most elaborately imagined plans of revenge it gathers into a ghostly tone: Heathcliff， driven to madness by a woman who is not there but who seems reflected in every part of his world--dragging her corpse from the grave， hearing her calling to him from the moors， escalating his brutality not for the sake of brutality but so that her memory will never fade， so that she may never leave his mind until death Yes， this is madness， insanity， and there is no peace this side of the grave or even It is a stunning novel， frightening， inexorable， unsettling， filled with unbridled passion that makes one Even if you do not like it， you should read it at least once--and those who do like it will return to it again and again
