DORIS LESSING Before her name was Tayler, Iran, then known as Persia; Alfred Tayler-father-lost a leg durin WW I, in hospital met his future wife Maude Tayler- nurse, Later they moved to Kermanshah(iran) After drois was born they moved with british colony to southern rhodesia ( now zimbabwe) She left home at 15 and worked as a nursemaid Started reading material on politics and sociology, then started writing Then moved to Salisbury and to work as a telphone operator-got married Both these marriages failed, she has not been married since... She moved to london with her youngest son. Other two sons she left with his father to south africa Published two novels under pseudonym- JANE SOMERS She have many awards- most important is the nobel prize, She was 87 then. Making the oldest
Catherine becomes ill, gives birth to a daughter, and dies. Heathcliff begs her spirit to remain on Earth--she may take whatever form she will, she may haunt him, drive him mad--just as long as she does not leave him alone. Shortly thereafter, Isabella flees to London and gives birth to Heathcliff's son, named Linton after her family. She keeps the boy with her there. Thirteen years pass, during which Nelly Dean serves as Catherine's daughter's nursemaid at Thrushcross Grange. Young Catherine is beautiful and headstrong like her mother, but her temperament is modified by her father's gentler influence. Young Catherine grows up at the Grange with no knowledge of Wuthering Heights; one day, however, wandering through the moors, she discovers the manor, meets Hareton, and plays together with him. Soon afterwards, Isabella dies, and Linton comes to live with Heathcliff
presence. He ruins himself as an adult and is believed to die by suicide. · Eliza Reed: Jane's cousin. Bitter because she is not as attractive as her sister, she devotes herself self-righteously to religion. · Georgiana Reed: Jane's cousin. Though spiteful and insolent, she is also beautiful and indulged. Her sister Eliza foils her marriage to a wealthy Lord. · Bessie Lee: The plain-spoken nursemaid at Gateshead. She sometimes treats Jane kindly, telling her stories and singing her songs. Later she marries Robert Leaven. · Robert Leaven: The coachman at Gateshead, who brings Jane the news of John Reed's death, which brought on Mrs. Reed's stroke. · Mr. Lloyd: A compassionate apothecary who recommends that Jane be sent to school. Later, he writes a letter to Miss Temple confirming Jane's account of her childhood and thereby clearing Jane of Mrs