Who is Charlotte Bronte?
Charlotte Bronte is best known for her novel Jane Eyre, and for the fact that her family produced not one but three female novelists. Emily Bronte is celebrated for her poetry and for her work Wuthering Heights. Ann Bronte wrote Agnes Grey and The Tenant of Wildfell Hall, which enjoyed a renewed critical interest after a 1996 BBC production. Unfortunately, the Bronte Sisters, and their brother Branwell all died very young. Two elder sisters, Maria and Elizabeth, died after becoming ill at the school they attended with Emily and Charlotte, the Clergy Daughter’s School. These deaths would influence the treatment of illness in Jane Eyre at the Lowood Charity School which Jane attends. Biographers of Charlotte Bronte describe an unusual childhood. Branwell, Emily, Ann and Charlotte developed an imaginary world called Angria, based on Branwell’s toy soldiers. The Brontes’ father was an evangelical clergyman, sometimes quite hard on the children. Charlotte was sent back to school at Roe Head
Charlotte Bronte was the sister of Emily Bronte and Anne Bronte. She was the author of novels such as Jane Eyre and The Professor. She used the name Currer Bell when her books were first published because in her time period women weren’t expected to do things such as publish books or have a mind for that matter.
