Charlotte Bronte's powerful, headlong masterpiece, now in a beautiful new hardcover edition.
Charlotte Bronte was born on 21 April 1816. Her father was curate
of Haworth, Yorkshire, and her mother died when she was five years
old, leaving five daughters and one son. In 1824 Charlotte, Maria,
Elizabeth and Emily were sent to Cowan Bridge, a school for
clergymen's daughters, where Maria and Elizabeth both caught
tuberculosis and died. The children were taught at home from this
point on and together they created vivid fantasy worlds which they
explored in their writing. Charlotte worked as a teacher from 1835
to 1838 and then as a governess. In 1846, along with Emily and
Anne, Charlotte published Poems by Currer, Ellis and Acton
Bell.After this Emily wrote Wuthering Heights, Anne wrote Agnes
Grey and Charlotte wrote The Professor. Wuthering Heights and Agnes
Grey were both published but Charlotte's novel was initially
rejected. In 1847 Jane Eyre became her first published novel and
met with immediate success. Between 1848 and 1849 Charlotte lost
her remaining siblings- Emily, Branwell and Anne. She published
Shirley in 1849, Villette in 1853 and in 1854 she married the Rev.
Arthur Bell Nicholls. She died the next year, on 31 March 1855.
Charlotte Bronte was born at Thornton, Yorkshire, in 1816. Her
mother died in 1821, and Charlotte, her four sisters, Maria,
Elizabeth, Emily and Anne, and her brother Branwell were left in
the care of their aunt, Elizabeth Branwell. Left to pursue their
education mainly at home, all the Bronte children became involved
in a rich fantasy life and Charlotte and Branwell collaborated in
the invention of the imaginary kingdom of Angria. In 1824 Charlotte
went with Maria, Elizabeth and Emily to a school for daughters of
the clergy; her experiences there are fictionalized in the Lowood
section of Jane Eyre (1847; written under the pseudonym of Currer
Bell). She wrote three other novels, Shirey (1849) Vilette (1853)
and She Professor (published posthumously in 1857). She also made
occasional visits to London where she became known to various
writers, including William Thackeray and Elizabeth Gaskell. In 1854
Charlotte finally overcame her father's objections and married, but
unfortunately she was to die in the following year.
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