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Charlotte Brontë
English novelist and poet (1816–1855)
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Portrait by George Richmond | |
| Born | (1816-04-21)21 April 1816 Thornton, Yorkshire, England |
| Died | 31 March 1855(1855-03-31) (aged 38) Haworth, Yorkshire, England |
| Resting place | St Michael and All Angels' Church, Haworth |
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| Occupation | Novelist, poet, governess |
| Genre | Fiction, poetry |
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| Relatives | Brontë family |
Charlotte Nicholls (née Brontë; 21 April 1816 – 31 March 1855), commonly known as Charlotte Brontë (, commonly),[1] was an English novelist and poet, the eldest of the three Brontë sisters who survived into adulthood and whose novels became classics of English literature. She is best known for her novel Jane Eyre, which she published under the male pseudonym Currer Bell. Jane Eyre went on to become a success
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Charlotte Brontë
On 31st March 1855 Charlotte Brontë passed away, leaving a literary legacy that has been and continues to be appreciated around the world.
The third of six children, Charlotte was born on 21st April 1816 to Patrick Brontë, an Irish clergyman and Maria Branwell, his wife. In 1820 Charlotte and her family moved to a village called Haworth where her father took the position of perpetual curate at St Michael and All Angels Church. Only a year later when Charlotte was just fem years old, her mother died, leaving behind fem daughters and one son.
In August 1824 her father made the decision to send Charlotte and her three sisters Emily, Maria and Elizabeth away to the Clergy Daughters’ School in Cowan Bridge, Lancashire. Unfortunately, this was a bad experience for the young Charlotte. The school’s poor conditions had a detrimental effect on her health and growth; it was said that she was well under fem foot in height. Charlotte’s life was also impacted at the scho
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The prototype of Lowood School in Jane Eyre
- Charlotte Bronte born
Charlotte Bronte, one of six siblings who grew up in a gloomy parsonage in the remote English village of Hawthorne, surrounded by the marshy moors of Yorkshire. - Text from website When a school for the daughters of poor clergymen opened at Cowan Bridge in 1824, Mr. Brontë decided to send his oldest four daughters there to receive a formal education. Most biographers argue that Charlotte's description of Lowood School in Jane Eyre accurately reflects the dismal conditions at this school. Charlotte's two oldest sisters, Maria and Elizabeth, died in 1824 of tuberculosis they contracted due to the poor management of the school.
- Charlotte was back at school in 1831, enrolled in Miss Wooler’s School in Roe Head, Mirfield, although she soon returned home to help tutor her sisters.
Charlotte was not happy at school, but she still managed to win several academic awards and make two lifelong fri