A girl born in the family of a village priest on April 21, 1816, Charlotte Brontë, stood out among her peers from childhood thanks to her colorful imagination. She invented her own childishly ideal universes in order to hide for a moment from the harsh, gray and everyday reality.
But even then, Charlotte, who later became popular in the literary world under the pseudonym Carrer Bell, did not think that her abilities would open doors to a completely different world for her. What secrets and secrets the life of Charlotte Bronte, an ordinary girl from West Yorkshire, is fraught with, her biography will tell.
The beginning of life and creative path
The famous poetess and prose writer of the 19th century, the Englishwoman Charlotte Bronte, whose biography is described in detail in this article, was born in a small village. Her father, Patrick, was a parish priest, and her mother, Maria, was a housewife. In total, there were six children in the Bronte family, Charlotte was born the third:
- Mary.
- Elizabeth.
- Charlotte.
- Patrick (who received his mother's maiden name at birth - Branwell).
- Emily Bronte.
In the Bronte family, only the mother was engaged in housekeeping. But when she died in September 1821, that responsibility passed to Mary, her eldest daughter. Patrick Brontë, being an introverted man who devoted himself completely to the service of the church, devoted little time to raising his children. Therefore, all six children for the most part were left to their own devices.
Of course, Charlotte Bronte's childhood was not very bright and cheerful. And her only entertainment was inventing fairy tales, the world of which was strikingly different from the bleak reality of the surrounding world. Carried away by her ideas, Charlotte carried away the rest of her family, and they all began to invent fantastic stories.
The closed and dull life of the girl Charlotte in 1824 was “diluted” by a new event that became significant for all members of the Brontë family. It was in this year that the older Bronte sisters - Maria and Elizabeth - entered the school. The impressions they shared with little Charlotte were reflected in her novel Jane Eyre.
A few months after the death of his eldest daughter, Maria, Patrick Brontë buried Elizabeth as well. Then the role of the hostess in the house had to be tried on by a nine-year-old girl who lived in the world of her fantasies and fictional stories - Charlotte Bronte. She not only kept house and looked after her younger brother and sisters, but also was engaged in home schooling in order to be able to break out "into the people."
"The publication"
Thanks to her skills and abilities, the matured 19-year-old Charlotte decides to get a job as a governess. But the state of her health soon forces her to give up living in a strange house, and she returns home.
To do this, the Bronte sisters go to Brussels. Charlotte and Emily were trained there from 1842 to 1844. This trip and course of study was partly paid for by their aunt, Elizabeth Branwell, who looked after the orphaned children after the death of their mother, Mary.
Studying the exact sciences, Charlotte at the same time got to know the world that opened up to her, so new and amazing, as well as the features of other people and the surrounding nature, carefully observed the social life unknown to her until now. Returning from Brussels two years later, the sisters begin active work in the literary field.
- Charlotte offered to the public her story called "The Professor".
- Emily wrote the novel "Wuthering Heights".
- The youngest of the sisters, Ann Brontë, wrote the story "Agnes Grey".
It is worth noting that only two of the three essays were approved for publication - the stories of Ann and Emily Brontë. But the work of Charlotte was rejected by the publisher. Looking ahead, it should be said that the story "The Professor" will be published after the death of the writer.
In the next few years, Jane Eyre will be translated into several foreign languages, including Russian. By the way, this was a work that made a splash in the literary world thanks to the bright and clear images of the characters, realistic setting and disregard for all conventions.
Charlotte Brontë's next work was a novel called Shirley, which also had an undoubted success with the reading public. Throughout the storyline, writer Charlotte keeps readers interested by describing the truth of life as it is.
At that time, the personal life of Charlotte Bronte was marked by far from joyful circumstances. In just two years, Charlotte lost almost all of her family members. First, she had to bury her brother, Patrick Branwell-Bronte, followed by Emilia Bronte, and then Anne.
Late period of creativity
It is there, in the old building in Gaworth, that Charlotte writes her latest novel. Published under the title "Villette" in 1853, this novel was not inferior to other works of the English writer. However, according to critics, he was not written as well in terms of plot construction as the previous stories and novels of Miss Brontë.
Books by Charlotte Bronte are still very popular all over the world. Being a very impressionable nature, Charlotte was able to reveal to readers the world that she saw with her own eyes. Despite the fact that her horizons were very limited for most of her life, she was able to convey all her sensations and observations with amazing brightness.
Like the works of other Brontë sisters, Charlotte's books reflect her rich imagination and at the same time are quite realistic. These works were loved by the public and were appreciated. The biography of the English writer, together with her writings and the stories of other Bronte sisters, was published in the form of a complete collection in 1875. Author: Elena Suvorova
Charlotte Bronte is a famous English writer, an associate of the feminist movement in literature. The author of the cult novel "Jane Eyre", which was liked by readers all over the world, based on the plot of which a notorious film was shot. The writer also created the novels "Town", "Shirley", "Teacher" and "Emma".
Childhood and youth
The future novelist was born on April 21, 1816 in West Yorkshire, a historic county in the north of England, which is full of high mountains, endless fields and exceptional fertility. Charlotte was the third child in the family. The father of the writer Patrick Bronte, an Englishman of Irish origin, served in the church, and his mother Maria Branwell was a housewife.
During the Enlightenment, medicine was not developed. The incidence of scarlet fever, diphtheria and cholera grew in the world, and infant mortality also progressed. But the children of Patrick and Mary miraculously survived. Charlotte was brought up in a large family, in which, in addition to her, five girls and one boy grew up.
The youngest, Ann Brontë, became a writer who became the author of the books Agnes Gray and The Stranger from Wildfell Hall, wrote a number of poems, but did not receive the same fame and fame as her older sisters. The fifth daughter - - also chose a creative path and became the author of the only, but significant novel, Wuthering Heights.
The only son in the family, Patrick Branwell, also became addicted to writing, but later preferred brushes, oil paints and canvas to ink and pen. Thanks to this artist, modern readers have an idea of what novelists really looked like, because Patrick painted numerous portraits of his eminent relatives.
In 1820, the Brontes moved to the village of Hoert, located in West Yorkshire. Patrick was appointed to the position of vicar in the Church of St. Michael and All Angels. On September 15, 1821, irreparable grief happened in the house: Maria died of uterine cancer, so the hardships and troubles of looking after children fell on men's shoulders.
In 1824, Patrick sent his daughters to learn to read and write at the Cowan Bridge School. The future writer was not a child prodigy, but the teachers said that an eight-year-old girl was much smarter than her age. However, her knowledge was patchy: Charlotte could not count and did not know anything about grammar and ethics.
Charlotte later recalled that the boarding house had poor conditions that undermined the already poor health of her older sisters. In the winter of 1825, Mary contracted tuberculosis, and three months later Elizabeth took to bed from consumption. At that time and until the 20th century, tuberculosis was considered a deadly and practically incurable disease. The girls failed to recover and soon died. Patrick, worried that other daughters would be affected by the epidemic, took Emily and Charlotte to Haworth.
Around the same time, while at home in the Hoert parsonage, Charlotte, Emily, Ann and Branwell set to writing to dilute the gray everyday life with bright colors. In their free time, the sisters sat down at the table and invented Byronic adventure stories that took place in fictional magical worlds and kingdoms. Charlotte, along with her brother, wrote a work about a fictional English colony in Africa and came up with a utopian capital - the City of Glass. And Emily and Ann became the authors of a series of stories called The Chronicles of Gondal, but this cycle has not survived. There is an opinion that Brontë destroyed the manuscripts shortly before his death.
In 1831-1832, the future novelist continued her studies and entered the Row Head School, where she showed herself from the best side. The post of director of this educational institution was occupied by Miss Margaret Wooler, with whom Bronte maintained friendly relations until the end of her life, although there were also conflicts between the ladies. Charlotte also became friends with two friends Ellen Nussey and Mary Taylor, with whom she had numerous correspondence.
After receiving a diploma, Charlotte began to earn a living by hard teaching. But the girl did not like the path of the teacher, which contrasted with those imaginary worlds that were created by her brother and sisters. The writer did not consider the mundane profession of a teacher to be something extraordinarily bright, which could provide background for a flight of fantasy and creativity. Bronte tried to hone her pen, but there was absolutely no time for literary activity. Therefore, then only an insignificant part of the poems and fragments of works that were created during the short weeks of school holidays were written.
It is worth saying that Charlotte took care of the education of the sisters. After conferring with her father, she brought Emily with her to school and paid for her education out of her own pocket. But the girl could not get along in a place far from home with other laws and customs. Ultimately, Emily decided to head back to Hoert. Then Ann took her place. Later, Row Head School moved to Dewsbury Moor, a haunting place where a gloomy and unhealthy atmosphere reigned. Under the pretext that the new location is affecting their health and mental state, Charlotte and Ann left the school.
Literature
Once said:
“Really serious attitude to writing is one of two indispensable conditions. The second, unfortunately, is talent.
Charlotte possessed these qualities in full from early childhood: Brontë wrote her first verse at the age of 13 (the first prose was written at 10). Feeling the natural gift, the future novelist began to act. The girl sent several debut poems to the eminent English poet, prose writer and representative of the "lake school" Robert Southey. This master of the pen is known for the fairy tale about the girl Goldilocks, who visited three bears (thanks to the translation, the Russian reader knows this work as "Masha and the Three Bears").
Unfortunately, Charlotte's manuscript, sent to the master, has sunk into oblivion. Therefore, biographers do not know which of the poems the girl submitted to the writer for judgment. But thanks to Robert's response, which has survived to this day, it can be assumed that Charlotte's lines were saturated with exaltation and pretentiously elevated turns. Sauunty advised the aspiring poetess to cool her ardor. In his opinion, Charlotte was overwhelmed with enthusiasm, and this feeling is bad for mental health. Robert also believed that for young ladies, typical women's duties should be above creativity.
The master's response had a positive effect on Bronte: the girl stopped writing poetry and turned to prose, and she preferred realism to romanticism. In 1833, Charlotte Brontë wrote an early novel, The Green Dwarf. On the advice of Robert, the girl hid her true name from the public eye and used a non-trivial pseudonym - Lord Charles Albert Florian Wellesley. In this work, which is designed in the Gothic style, one can trace the influence of the founder of the historical novel -. Charlotte's manuscript is a kind of allusion to the work of the master, which is called "The Black Dwarf".
Despite her young age (then Charlotte was 17), Bronte uses a complex literary device and writes a "story within a story." The plot of "Green Dwarf" is built around a certain Lord Charles, immersed in the exciting story of his friend - Mr. John Bud, who once served as an officer. The events taking place are developing in the world of the Glass City, invented by the Bronte sisters. Some critics agreed that the novel cannot be correlated with Charlotte's youthful cycle "Legends of Angria", although the "Green Dwarf" is included in the collection.
In 1840, the writer conceives the plot of the novel "Ashworth" (which remained unfinished). The work was to be based on the biography of Alexander Ashworth, which is a reflection of the saying "there are devils in still waters." Alexander is neat and smart, but he has a stubborn disposition. The young man does not get along with his father, therefore, like a prodigal son, he leaves home to surf the expanses of London.
Charlotte Brontë's novels "The Teacher" and "Shirley" It would seem that the story of Charlotte could grow into a popular book, but the writer Hartley Coleridge, to whom Bronte wrote a letter, criticized the beginnings of the work to smithereens. Charlotte agreed with the opinion of the writer and finished work on the book. The Teacher is Brontë's debut serious novel, published posthumously in 1857. The writer tried to sell this work to editors, but her attempts were in vain, because the publishers said that the work lacked fascination.
Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë Charlotte's life was full of written drafts, literary ups and downs. But this writer went down in history thanks to the world-famous novel "Jane Eyre", which was published in 1847. This book tells about a little orphaned girl Jane, who is thrown to the sidelines of life. The only relative of the heroine - Mrs. Reed - does not like her niece and tries to find a case to punish the "guilty" girl.
Eir soon goes to school, her relationship with the students is going well, but a typhus epidemic is progressing in the educational institution. Thus, Jane's best friend dies. The plot of this novel is trivial and tells about the life of a little man. But Brontë was not accustomed to using the classic clichés that Enlightenment novelists sinned. For example, Jane never reconciled with her dying aunt.
Personal life
As you know, the white streak of life in the blink of an eye is replaced by black. It would seem that Charlotte was successful and became a recognizable writer, but an irreparable grief happened - she lost her brother and two sisters. Emily and Ann died of tuberculosis. Branwell drank heavily in the last years of his life. This habit only aggravated his physical condition. The young man died of bronchitis. As a result, Charlotte and Patrick were left alone.
In the life of the writer there were many gentlemen who sought to offer her a hand and a heart. There were enough such proposals in Charlotte's life, but she was in no hurry to get married. Once Bronte met the assistant priest Arthur Bell Nicholls, who became the chosen one of Charlotte. Initially, the future husband of the writer made a far from pleasant impression on her. Brontë wrote in her diary that Arthur had a narrow mind and a limited outlook. The wedding took place in the summer of 1854. The couple had no children.
Death
In the winter of 1855, the novelist took to bed, her condition deteriorated sharply. The doctor assured that the malaise is associated with signs of pregnancy. Charlotte experienced nausea every day and could not eat, which caused her to show signs of anorexia.
In the spring of that year, Charlotte Brontë died. The true cause of death of the great writer has not been established. There is an opinion that Charlotte died of tuberculosis, toxicosis or typhus, which her elderly servant was ill with.
Bibliography
- 1833 - "Green Dwarf"
- 1840 - "Ashworth"
- 1846 - "The Poems of Carrer, Ellis and Acton Bell"
- 1846 - "Teacher"
- 1847 - "Jane Eyre"
- 1849 - "Shirley"
- 1852 - "Town"
- 1860 - "Emma"
Charlotte Brontë is one of the most famous British novelists. She dreamed of writing since childhood, but was able to fully engage in creativity only in the last decade of her life. For this insignificant period of time, tiny Charlotte (she was only 145 cm tall!) gave the world four brilliant novels that make readers tremble two centuries later.
Thornton is a small village in the east of England, but its name is familiar to everyone, because the outstanding novelist Charlotte Brontë was born here. On April 21, 1816, the third child was born in the family of the priest Patrick Bronte and his wife Maria Branwell. The girl was named Charlotte.
Later, the family changed their place of residence, moving Haworth. Here three more children were born - the only son Patrick Branwell and two lovely daughters - Emily and Ann. Shortly after the birth of her last child, Maria Branwell fell seriously ill. Doctors diagnosed the disease too late - an advanced stage of uterine cancer. Maria was dying in terrible agony and died at the age of 38, leaving six young children in her father's arms.
Immediately after the grief that befell the family, the sister of the late Mary rushed to Haworth. Aunt Branwell was a mother to the children and always tried to support the orphans financially and morally.
Hometowns of writers
The small home of the famous Bronte sisters, modern Haworth is the most popular point on the tourist map of Europe. Almost every object of Haurota bears the name of the famous residents of the town. There is a Bronte waterfall, Bronte bridge, Bronte stone, Bronte path, Bronte family tomb and, of course, the house of the Bronte sisters, which now houses a museum dedicated to the life and work of famous English novelists.
When Charlotte was eight, her father sent her to Cowan Bridge School. The older sisters Maria and Elizabeth have already been trained here. In the fall, six-year-old Emily joined the family.
Cowan Bridge was perhaps the worst place for kids. The pupils lived in damp, poorly heated rooms, ate meager, often rotten food, and at the same time were afraid to express their indignation, because for every offense the girls were severely punished, not excluding public flogging.
Soon Maria and Elizabeth Brontë fell seriously ill. Doctors diagnosed tuberculosis. The frightened father immediately took his daughters out of the cursed place, but they failed to save the older daughters - one by one they died in their native Haworth and were buried in the family crypt next to their mother.
The Cowan Bridge is etched in the memory of young Charlotte Brontë forever. Years later, she captured the image of the hated school in Jane Eyre. The Lowood boarding school where the main character is brought up is an artistic reconstruction of Cowan Bridge.
Settling back in Haworth, the Brontë children are educated at home and begin to work on their first literary works. Charlotte, Branwell, Emily and Anne create a chronicle of the fictional kingdom of Angria. When Charlotte became a famous writer, her youthful writings saw the light, and much later they were combined into the collections Legends of Angria (1933), Tales of Angria (2006) and others.
At fifteen, Charlotte again leaves her father's house and goes to Row Head School. Here she improves her knowledge and gets the opportunity to engage in teaching activities. For some time, Bronte taught at the alma mater, spending his salary on the education of his younger sisters.
The Bronte sisters go to a Brussels boarding house to improve their French. In order not to pay for tuition, the girls combine their studies with work and teach English to the residents of the boarding house.
Upon returning to their homeland, the Brontes are trying to open their own school for girls. Aunt Branwell provided the start-up capital for the venture. However, the modestly furnished house overlooking Haworth Cemetery was not popular. Soon, the young headmistresses ran out of money, and the dream of a school had to be abandoned. Bronte, as before, went to wealthy families as governesses.
Only Charlotte did not like this state of affairs. First, she inspired the sisters to publish a collection of poems, and then to give novels for publication (by that time, each of the Brontë sisters had managed to write a work). To intrigue the reader, the girls called themselves fictitious names, and male ones. Charlotte was Carrer, Emily was Alice, Ann was Acton. And they are all Bell brothers.
The London publishing house immediately undertook to print Emily's Wuthering Heights and Anne's Agnes Grey, but Charlotte's The Teacher was rejected. The first failure did not make the older Bronte give up, but only kindled her ardor. Refused, Charlotte takes out an inkwell and begins to binge write a new novel, which will be called Jane Eyre.
Despite the fact that Charlotte Bronte could never boast of a special beauty, men liked this tiny smart young lady. Marriage proposals were repeatedly addressed to her, but she proudly refused the duchess to her gentlemen.
There is a version that the husband of the head of the Brussels boarding school Konstantin Ezhe was in love with little Bronte. Charlotte also had strong feelings for Ezhe, but could not reciprocate them. This may explain Bronte's hasty departure from Brussels and return to his homeland. Charlotte dedicated the novel The Teacher to her unhappy love. At the same time, there is no reason to unconditionally assert the biographical nature of Bronte's debut novel.
Eight Years of Literature: Jane Eyre and Other Novels
In 1847, the novel Jane Eyre was published in record time, which immediately brought popularity to its author. It was not possible to hide under an assumed name for a long time, and a rumor quickly spread in reader circles that Jane Eyre was not written at all by Carrer Bell, but by a provincial teacher. This drew even more reader attention to Brontë's debut manuscript.
Now Charlotte has gained the long-awaited financial independence, and with it the opportunity to do what she loves, without wasting energy on teaching.
The height of creative activity
Showing remarkable ability to work, Bronte writes novels one after another: in 1949 Shirley comes out, in 1953 - "Town", work is in full swing on a new version of "Teacher" and the novel "Emma". These works became available to the reader only after the death of their author.
Perhaps Charlotte Bronte would have given the world much more works, but a lot of mental strength was taken away by a series of tragic events that took place in the Bronte family. Brother Branwell died first. Death was due to tuberculosis, which developed due to alcohol and drugs, which the brother abused in the last years of his life. Behind Branwell, beloved Emily and Ann, who contracted tuberculosis from their brother, pass away. The old father began to fail badly, he practically lost his sight. Poor Charlotte only had time to bury her loved ones and take care of her sick father.
The Short Happiness of Charlotte Brontë
Miss Charlotte Brontë was in her 38th year. She gave her readers unforgettable love stories, but she herself never found her chosen one. In 1854, Bronte unexpectedly marries her longtime admirer, Arthur Bell Nicholls, who served in the parish of Charlotte's father.
In our next article, we will look at a summary of the first novel by the famous English writer, which was met by critics without much enthusiasm.
One of the best examples of classical literature is Charlotte Bronte's novel, which tells about the love and experiences of a young girl.
Patrick Brontë resisted the marriage of his daughter for a long time, fearing to lose his only child. Charlotte nevertheless went against the will of her father. Her marriage was happy, but very short. Charlotte Bronte died just a year after her marriage, carrying her first child under her heart. Doctors were never able to determine the exact cause of Brontë's death. She was buried in the family crypt along with the dearest people - her mother, brother and sisters.
A lot of books have been written about Charlotte Bronte and her talented sisters, because even during their lifetime, the Bronte sisters became a real literary myth. The classic version of the biography of famous novelists is the book by Elizabeth Gaskell "The Life of Charlotte Bronte".
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In a brief biography of Charlotte Bronte, which you will find below, we have tried to outline the main milestones in the life and work of the writer. Check out Akhmatova's biography to give your own assessment of her work.
Charlotte Brontë began to engage in creativity in her early years. The future writer was the third child of her parents. Patrick and Maria had four more daughters and a son. When the youngest daughter Ann was born, my mother became seriously ill. Doctors diagnosed her with a malignant tumor of the uterus of the final stage. Mary's death was very painful. She passed away at the age of 38. The children were left in the care of the father. Soon Aunt Branwell came to visit them. She supported her nephews morally and financially.
Studies
The biography of Charlotte Bronte is entertaining and admirable for Bronte's nature. When the future writer was 8 years old, her father sent her to study at Cowan Bridge. The older sisters were already there. Their names were Mary and Elizabeth. Some time later, Patrick brought Emily there, who was 6 years old. It can be said that Cowan Bridge was the worst place for the younger generation. The pensioners spent whole days in rooms that were poorly heated. Almost every day they were forced to eat rotten food. However, the girls did not express their indignation. If they committed any mistake, even the most insignificant, they were punished with rods.
A short time after arriving at school, the older sisters of the future writer were diagnosed with tuberculosis. When dad found out about this, he immediately came and took Mary and Elizabeth. But this did not save them. Shortly after arriving home, the sisters died. They were buried with their mother. Charlotte remembered Cowan Bridge for the rest of her life. Many years later, she captured the image of this hated "educational institution" in her work "Jane Eyre".
The debut of the writer and other events in the biography of Charlotte Bronte
Returning to their father's house, the children began to draw knowledge from the home library and write their first works. Thus, they had a chronicle of the kingdom of Angria. When the writer gained popularity, her children's works also began to be published. Many literally read "Legends of Angria". When Charlotte turned 15, her dad sent her to a good paid boarding house. This gave her the opportunity to teach. The future writer gave almost all her money to educate her sisters. A few years later, Charlotte and Emily left for a Brussels boarding house. Their goal was to master the French language. Since the girls did not have the opportunity to pay for their studies, they began to teach English to the younger boarders.
When the sisters returned to their homeland, they decided to open their own boarding house. However, they didn't succeed. What parent wants to send their child to a poor house, located almost in the cemetery? Therefore, after some time, the sisters were completely without money and were forced to abandon the dream of their own enterprise. They had no choice but to start working as governesses again. The current state of affairs could not please Charlotte. First, she persuaded Emily and Ann to publish a collection of poems. And then she insisted on resolving the issue of publishing the novels. The three of them already had a "masterpiece". Anne wrote Agnes Grey, Emily wrote Wuthering Heights, and Charlotte wrote The Teacher. The first two works were accepted, and the third was rejected. However, Charlotte did not lose the desire to be creative. Soon the girl wrote the novel Jane Eyre.
It is worth noting that Charlotte was not a beauty, but, as you might guess, appearance was not a key factor in the biography of Charlotte Brontë. For example, the representatives of the stronger sex admired her mind. She often received marriage proposals. The novel "Jane Eyre" gained great popularity, and millions of readers still read it with pleasure. The novel has also been successfully filmed in modern times (read more about film adaptations in the article About film adaptations in general). This gave the writer financial independence. She freed herself from the need to earn a living by teaching. Charlotte Brontë would most likely have written even more works. However, tragic events occurred in her life every now and then. First, her beloved brother died of tuberculosis. A short time later, Ann and Emily were gone. They contracted the disease from their brother while caring for him. Dad began to rapidly lose his sight. Charlotte looked after him constantly.
Short happiness of the writer
And now the writer turned 37 years old. She created beautiful stories about elevated feelings, but she never managed to meet her soul mate. Then she was proposed to by Arthur Bell Nicholls, who played such an important role in the biography of Charlotte Bronte. This young man served for many years in the parish of Charlotte's father, Patrick, but the father really did not want his daughter to marry, as he was afraid of losing her. However, the girl inspired him that after the wedding she would remain in his house. Then her father allowed her to marry.
Charlotte Bronte found her happiness in marriage, but it was short-lived. The writer passed away a year after the wedding. Pregnancy took all her strength. She was buried along with her family.
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Charlotte Bronte's biography is summarized in this article.
Charlotte Brontë biography briefly
Charlotte Bronte- English poet and novelist
Charlotte Bronte was born April 21, 1816 in West Yorkshire and was the third child (and there were six of them - Mary, Elizabeth, Charlotte, Patrick Branwell, Emily and Ann) in the family of an Anglican clergyman. Having lost her mother early, she experienced much grief as a child, suffering from a harsh and fanatical father's character.
In 1824, Charlotte, along with her three sisters, was sent by her father to a free orphanage for the children of the clergy, but a year later he was forced to take it away: the shelter was struck by a typhus epidemic.
Forced to work as a governess, for many years Charlotte dreamed of opening her own boarding house for girls. Having saved up a small amount, she went to Brussels with her sister Emilia. Having received a good education and brilliantly mastered the French language, the girls returned to England, but they failed to create their own educational institution: the lack of funds and connections doomed the idea of a boarding house to death. Neither the teaching skills of the Brontë sisters, nor the experience, nor the knowledge of the French language, nor the education received abroad made the boarding house opened by them attractive to the English aristocracy.
Charlotte Brontë's literary talent manifested itself early, but the path to recognition turned out to be long and painful for her.
Only in 1846 did the Brontë sisters manage to publish a collection of their poems, but it was not poetry that brought Charlotte success, but the novel Jane Eyre, published in 1847.
Charlotte married in June 1854. In January 1855, her health deteriorated sharply due to pregnancy.
Novels by Charlotte Brontë
- Jane Eyre, 1846-47, published 1847
- Shirley, 1848-49, published 1849
- Town, 1850-52, published 1853
- Teacher, 1845-46, published 1857
- Emma(Unfinished; The novel was completed, respecting the legacy of Charlotte Bronte, by the writer Constance Savery, who published the novel "Emma" under the following co-authors: Charlotte Bronte and Another Lady. In addition, Charlotte's novel was completed in another version by Claire Boylan, and called it " Emma Brown).
