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Charlotte Brontë

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Brontë, Charlotte
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Date of birth
1816-04-21
Place of birth
West Yorkshire
Date of death
1855-03-31
Place of death
West Yorkshire

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Charlotte Nicholls (née Brontë; 21 April 1816 – 31 March 1855), commonly known as Charlotte Brontë (, commonly ), was an English novelist and poet, the eldest of the three Brontë sisters who survived into adulthood and whose novels became classics of English literature. She is best known for her novel Jane Eyre, which she published under the male pseudonym Currer Bell. Jane Eyre went on to become a success in publication, and is widely held in high regard in the gothic fiction genre of literature.

Brontë enrolled in school at Roe Head, Mirfield, in January 1831, aged 14 years. She left the year after to teach her sisters, Emily and Anne, at home, then returned to Roe Head in 1835 as a teacher. In 1839, she undertook the role of governess for the Sidgwick family, but left after a few months. The three sisters attempted to open a school in Haworth but failed to attract pupils. Instead, they turned to writing; they each first published in 1846 under the pseudonyms of Currer, Ellis, and Acton Bell. Although her first novel, The Professor, was rejected by publishers, her second novel, Jane Eyre, was published in 1847. The sisters admitted to their Bell pseudonyms in 1848, and by the following year were celebrated in London literary circles.

Brontë was the last to die of all her siblings. She became pregnant shortly after her wedding in June 1854 but died on 31 March 1855, almost certainly from hyperemesis gravidarum, a complication of pregnancy which causes excessive nausea and vomiting.

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English novelist and poet.

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NameFormatISBNRelease Date
VillettePaperback3-458-33147-61992
Shirley – Villette : 1849–1853Hardcover97820701149622022-09-22
ShirleyPaperback3-458-32845-91989
Jane Eyre: Eine AutobiographiePaperback3-257-21581-91993
Erzählungen aus AngriaPaperback3-458-32985-41990
Jane Eyre (dtv 24032)Paperback3-423-24032-61995-03
Jane Eyre (English eBook)eBook?2019-11-10
Villette (Charlotte Brontë)Paperback1-85326-072-X1993
Shirley (Charlotte Brontë)eBook?2020-04-08
Villette (Charlotte Brontë)eBook?2020-06-16
Wuthering Heights et autres romans : 1847–1848Hardcover97820701149482002-09-11
Jane Eyre précédé de Œuvres de jeunesse : 1826–1847Hardcover97820701149552008-03-20
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