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Charlotte Bronte
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21 April 1816 - 31 March 1855
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Charlotte Bronte was born on 21 April 1816 in Yorkshire and was the third of six children in a priest’s family. When Charlotte was only five years old, her mother died, and the children were raised by her father and aunt Elizabeth Branwell. In 1884, three older sisters were sent to Cowan Bridge School. Soon Mary and Elizabeth die of consumption, and her father takes Charlotte home to Haworth. Here, the family entertains themselves by writing intricate works about fictional English colonies in Africa.
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Charlotte Bronte was born on 21 April 1816 in Yorkshire and was the third of six children in a priest’s family. When Charlotte was only five years old, her mother died, and the children were raised by her father and aunt Elizabeth Branwell. In 1884, three older sisters were sent to Cowan Bridge School. Soon Mary and Elizabeth die of consumption, and her father takes Charlotte home to Haworth. Here, the family entertains themselves by writing intricate works about fictional English colonies in Africa.
In 1831, Charlotte continued her studies at the Row Head School, and then remained teaching there. But such work does not give her the opportunity to do what she loves - to write, and in 1838 she left school. With the financial support of Aunt Elizabeth Branwell, Charlotte, along with her sister Emilia, goes to Brussels for two years. This trip inspired the sisters to new works.
Upon their return to England, Charlotte, Emily and Anne Bronte publish a collection of poetry under male pseudonyms. This work went unnoticed - only two copies of the collection were sold. But the sisters did not despair and at the end of 1847 they released their debut novels The Teacher, Wuthering Heights and Agnes Grey. In August 1847, Smith, Elder and Company received Charlotte’s manuscript Jane Eyre. The book was published and sold in record time.
But along with the success of the Bronte family, trouble came: in 1848, brother Branwell and sisters Emily and Anne die one by one. Charlotte and her father are alone.
In 1844, the writer met the priest Arthur Bell Nichollson. For a long time, Arthur courted her, but her father was against such a marriage, so Charlotte refused the offer of a hand and heart. But the young man was stubborn, and she surrendered in 1854. Unfortunately, their marriage was very short, Charlotte died in the last month of pregnancy in 1855.