CHARLOTTE BRONTË (1816-1855): British

poet and novelist.

 HER FAMILY
•Her father was Patrick Brontë, an Irish-born Anglican
clergyman.
•He moved with his wife, Maria Branwell Brontë, and
their six small children to Haworth amid the Yorkshire
moors in 1820 because he was appointed as Curate of
Haworth.
 Soon after, Charlotte´s mother died of
cancer. She was only five years old.
A cold aunt, Elizabeth Branwell, left her
native Cornwall and took up residence with
the family at Haworth to aid her brother-
in-law upbringing the children.
 At the age of six, Charlotte with her sister
Emily, enrolled the Clergy Daughter's School
at Cowan Bridge, where attended her two eldest
sisters.
•After the death of Maria and Elizabeth due
tuberculosis, Charlotte and Emily left the
school and were largely educated at home.
 Emily, Charlotte, Anne and Branwell stayed at the
Parsonage where they wrote many short manusripts
about fantasy worlds such as Gondal and Angria.
THE BRONTË PARSONAGE
In HAWORTH
She spent two years in Brussels, Belgium
studying and teaching at the Pensionnat
Heger. She learnt French and German (1842-
1844) .
 Her work
Charlotte Brontë worked as a teacher and governess
before collaborating on a book of poetry with her two
sisters Emily and Anne, who were writers as well.
They published it using the pen names of Currer,
Ellis and Acton Bell.
 The collection of poems only sold two copies, but this
failed success did not hinder the sisters from writing and
publishing more literature.
 A year later, in 1847, Charlotte
published the semi-autobiographical
novel Jane Eyre, which was an
instant success and became a
literary classic.
• In the same year, Emily published Wuthering
Heights and Anne published Agnes Grey.
Other Charlotte´s works
•Her other novels included Shirley (1849) and
Villette (1853).
•Her brother, Branwell, and Emily died in
1848. Emily was thirty years old.
•Anne died the following year at the age of
twenty nine. They died of tuberculosis.
HER Last years…
Only Charlotte and her father stayed alived in the
isolation of Haworth.
Mr. Brontë became blind due cataracts and
Charlotte accompanied him during the surgery and
his recovery.
In 1854, Charlotte married the
Reverend Arthur Bell Nicholls, but
died the following year during her
pregnancy, on March 31, 1855, in
Haworth,. The first novel she
wrote, The Professor, was published
posthumously in 1857.