Lighthouse--【英】JeanetteWintersonContentsAuthor——JeanetteWintersonCharacterintroduction——threemaincharactersStoryofthebook——SilverStoryofPew——BabelDarkThinkingofmyself——LightandStory-_JeanetteWintersonJeanetteWinterson,OBE(born27August1959)isaBritishwriter,broadcasterandactivist.Bytheageof16Wintersonhadidentifiedherselfasalesbianandlefthome.ReadingEnglishatStCatherine'sCollege,OxfordJeanetteWintersonfirstnovel,OrangesAreNottheOnlyFruit,wonthe1985WhitbreadPrizeforaFirstNovel,andwasadaptedfortelevisionbyWintersonin1990.WintersonwasmadeanofficerofOrderoftheBritishEmpire(OBE)atthe2006NewYearHonours"Forservicestoliterature".In2012,shesucceededColmTóibínasprofessorofcreativewritingattheUniversityofManchester.JeanetteWintersonCharacterintroductionSilver：Themaincharacter,anorphantakeninbythe

lighthousekeeper,Pew.Pew：blindlighthousekeeper,whoteachesSilverthatto"tend

thelight"istolearnandtellstories.BabelDark：Oneofthemaincharactersisapreacher,wholives

adoublelifeinanothertown.Storyofthebook：Silver,abandonedafterthedeathofhermotherintheScottishtownofSalts—a"rock-bitten,sand-edgedshellofatown"—istakeninbyPew,ayarn-spinninglighthousekeeper"asoldasaunicorn."Inthedarknessofthelighthouse,hetellsnever-endingstoriesaboutthetorturedlifeofanineteenth-centuryclergyman,formerlyaministerinSalts,andgradually,itseems,Silvercontributesstoriesofherown.Pew'sStory：Thetaleconcernsthelighthouse,itsfounder,wealthyBristolmerchantJosiahDark,andhisson,Babel,whoin1848seemedsettomarryhisprettygirlfriendMolly.Thatstorycomestousinfragments,interleavedwithSilver's.Babel'sdarkisofhisownmakingwhen,suspecting,wrongly,thatMollyhasanotherlover,hepunishesherwithblows,thenenterstheclergyandalovelessmarriageinfardistantSilts.Whenhetookonhoneymoontothe185lGreatExhibition,hesawMollyagain.Andshehadagirl.Thentheyfellinloveagain.TheStorytelling：Attemptsseveralstorieswithinstories,switchingnarratorsfrequently,andreliesheavilyonthemetaphorofstorytellingaselucidation."Abeginning,amiddleandanendistheproperwaytotellastory.ButIhavedifficultywiththatmethod."A19th-centurymantravelsfromlightintodarkness;a20th-centurygirltravels,stumblingly,fromdarknessintolight.Thelightandstory：Whenyouwanttogetlove,whenwefeellonely,whenwegetlost,Silverlivesinourheart.ThereisalwaysaPewliv