Charlotte Brontë
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- Born:
- April 21, 1816 England
- Notable Works:
- “Jane Eyre” “Poems by Currer, Ellis and Acton Bell” “Shirley: A Tale” “The Professor” “Villette”
- Notable Family Members:
- sister Anne Brontë sister Emily Brontë
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Charlotte Brontë, married name Mrs. Arthur Bell Nicholls, pseudonym Currer Bell, (born April 21, 1816, Thornton, Yorkshire, England—died March 31, 1855, Haworth, Yorkshire), English novelist noted for Jane Eyre (1847), a strong narrative of a woman in conflict with her natural desires and social condition. The novel gave new truthfulness to Victorian fiction. She later wrote Shirley (1849) and Villette (1853). Her father was Patrick Brontë (1777–1861), an Anglican clergyman. Irish-born, he had changed his name from the more commonplace Brunty. After serving in several parishes, he moved with his wife, Maria Branwell Brontë, and their six small children to ...(100 of 1721 words)