小說/散文

Wuthering Heights
出版社： Penguin Putnam Inc.
書林書號：
20045456
作者：
Bronte, Emily
定價：
280
會員價：
$238
ISBN：
9780141439556
出版年份：
2002
裝訂：
平裝
總頁數：
416
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《咆哮山莊》企鵝經典文學版

英語文學經典名著，英國文學家艾蜜莉·勃朗特（Emily Brontë）生前唯一的一部小說。
1850年代評論家對這本小說的評論非常兩極化，被認為是具有爭議性的作品，因為它對精神和肉體有相當赤裸殘酷的描寫，而且它挑戰到了維多利亞時代日積月累對宗教的偽善、道德觀、社會階級和性別不平等的現況。

英國作家毛姆（W.S. Maugham）說：「《咆哮山莊》的醜惡與美並存，而且它所表達的力量也是一般小說家難以企及的……我不知道還有哪一部小說其中愛情的痛苦、迷戀、殘酷、執著，曾經如此令人吃驚地描述出來。」並推崇為世界十大小說之一。
《咆哮山莊》是一部有豐富象徵意義的小說，在藝術手法上，結合了現實主義，浪漫主義，象徵主義的手法。《咆哮山莊》通過一個愛情悲劇，向人們展示了一幅畸形社會的生活畫面，勾勒了被這個畸形社會扭曲了的人性及其造成的種種恐怖的事件。


One of English literature's classic masterpieces—a gripping novel of love, propriety, and tragedy

Emily Brontë's only novel endures as a work of tremendous and far-reaching influence. The Penguin Classics edition is the definitive version of the text, edited with an introduction by Pauline Nestor.

Lockwood, the new tenant of Thrushcross Grange, situated on the bleak Yorkshire moors, is forced to seek shelter one night at Wuthering Heights, the home of his landlord. There he discovers the history of the tempestuous events that took place years before. What unfolds is the tale of the intense love between the gypsy foundling Heathcliff and Catherine Earnshaw. Catherine, forced to choose between passionate, tortured Heathcliff and gentle, well-bred Edgar Linton, surrendered to the expectations of her class. As Heathcliff's bitterness and vengeance at his betrayal is visited upon the next generation, their innocent heirs must struggle to escape the legacy of the past. 

In this edition, a new preface by Lucasta Miller, author of The Brontë Myth, looks at the ways in which the novel has been interpreted, from Charlotte Brontë onwards. This complements Pauline Nestor's introduction, which discusses changing critical receptions of the novel, as well as Emily Brontë's influences and background.
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