Charlotte+Brontë

**Time Period:** 17th Century (1816-1855)

**Description:** Charlotte Brontë was the third child out of six. Her mother died when she was only five years old, and this left a lot of chaos in Charlotte's life. Charlotte and her two sisters were sent to Cowan Bridge Clergy Daughters' School only three years later. Both of her sisters died a short time later and Charlotte and her other sister, Emily, returned home. These tragedies brought the kids together and they all began writing poems and stories about their mad eup Kingdom of Gondal. At 26, Charlotte went to school in Brussels, but she only stayed for two years. When Charlotte returned home, she was unemployed and always thought she was going blind like her father. In August of 1846, Charlotte wrote Jane Eyre. Branwell, Emily, and Anne, Charlotte's siblings, died which caused Charlotte and her father to cling to eachother. Soon after that, Charlotte started visiting London. Arthur Bell Nicholls proposed to Charlotte, but her father was very angry and refused to allow the marriage. Charlotte and Arthur married in 1854 anyway, and soon Charlotte's friend, Ellen Nussey, became jealous of the way Arthur always took up all of Charlotte's attention. However, on March 31, 1855, Charlotte, along with her unborn child, died of exhaustion.


 * Other Works: **
 * Fiction: Shirley, The Professor, Villette, The Twelve Adventures and Other Stories, Napolean and the Spectre, Legends of Angria: Compiled From the Early Writings of Charlotte Brontë
 * Poetry: Apostasy, Evning Solace, Frances, Gilbert, Mementos, Life, Parting, Passion, On the Death of Anne Bronte,Pilate's Wife's Dream, Preferance, Presentiment, Regret, Stanzas, The Letter, The Missionary, The Teacher's Monologue, The Wood, The Wife's Will, Winter Stories


 * Accomplishments: **
 * Published Poems by Currer, Ellis, and Acton Bell with her sisters in 1846
 * Wrote Jane Eyre in 1847, from which she became immediately famous
 * Published Villette in 1853

This article claims that Jane Eyre was a remarkable novel. This website says they were a bit skeptical and they could not truly enjoy the book, but she also says that she may have been prejudiced because she hated //Wuthering Heights//. This website believes that the book was poorly written and that the dialogue goes on and on.
 * Critics' Views: **
 * **"Vanity Fair--and //Jane Eyre//." Quarterly Review. 84:167 (December 1848): 153-185. **
 * **http://blbooks.blogspot.com/2008/09/jane-eyre.html **
 * **http://www.pajiba.com/book_reviews/jane-eyre-book-review.php **
 * **<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">http://classiclit.about.com/od/janeeyre/fr/aa_janeeyre.htm **

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">"//Jane Eyre// is the rare book that manages to be good by virtue of ineffable charm alone, despite not having very much going for it in terms of overall plot."