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Charlotte Bronte

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Charlotte Bronte was a British novelist and poet who is best known for her novel «Jane Eyre.»

Born in 1816, Bronte was the oldest of the Bronte sisters, a group of literary siblings that included Emily and Anne, who were also successful writers.

«Jane Eyre,» which was published in 1847, is a classic of English literature and is considered one of the first novels to feature a strong, independent female protagonist.

The novel tells the story of Jane, an orphan who becomes a governess and falls in love with her employer, Mr. Rochester.

The book explores themes of love, independence,

and social class and has been widely adapted into plays,

films, and television series.

In addition to «Jane Eyre,» Bronte also wrote several other novels, including «Shirley» and «Villette,» as well as poetry.

Interesting facts

When she was 20 years old, Brontë sent the English poet laureate Robert Southey some of her best poems. He wrote back in 1837, telling her that she obviously had a good deal of talent and a gift with words but that she should give up writing. "Literature cannot be the business of a woman's life, and it ought not to be. The more she is engaged in her proper duties, the less leisure will she have for it, even as an accomplishment and a recreation. To those duties you have not yet been called, and when you are you will be less eager for celebrity. You will not seek in imagination for excitement," Southey responded to her. The Professor, Brontë’s first novel, was rejected nine times before it was finally published after her death.

In June 1854, Brontë married a clergyman named Arthur Bell Nicholls and got pregnant almost immediately. Her pregnancy was far from smooth sailing—she had acute bouts of nausea and vomiting, leading to her becoming severely dehydrated and malnourished. She and her unborn child died on March 31, 1855. Although we don’t know for sure what killed her, theories include hyperemesis gravidarum, based on her symptoms, or possibly typhus. Her father, Patrick Brontë, survived his wife and all six children.

Emily and Anne Brontë wrote famous books, too—Wuthering Heights and Agnes Grey, respectively. The Brontë sisters's writing has inspired devoted fans from around the world to visit their home in Haworth, West Yorkshire, England. The Brontë Society’s Brontë Parsonage Museum in Haworth has a collection of early manuscripts and letters, and the museum invites bookworms to see where the Brontë family lived and wrote, and walk the Yorkshire moors that inspired many of the scenes each sister depicted.

Thanks to Brontë, the name Shirley is now considered a name for girls more than boys. In 1849, Brontë's second novel, Shirley, about an independent heiress named Shirley Keeldar, was released. Before then, the name was unusual, but was most commonly used for boys. But after 1849, the name reportedly started to become popular for women. Decades later in the 1930s, child star Shirley Temple's fame catapulted the name into more popular use.

In 1854 Charlotte Bronte married her father’s curate, Arthur Bell Nicholls. She died during her pregnancy on March 31, 1855.

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