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Charlotte Bronte夏洛特·勃朗特 （1816-1855） Her writing style Charlotte Bronte‘s works are all about the struggle of an individual consciousness towards self-realization about some lonely and neglected young women with a fierce　longing for love, understanding and a full， happy life. 　　In her mind, man’s life is composed of perpetual（永久的 ） battle between sin and virtue, good and evil. 　　 Besides，she is a writer of realism combined with romanticism. 　　 On the one hand， she presents a vivid realistic picture of the English society by exposing the cruelty，hypocrisy and other evils of the upper classes and by showing the misery and suffering of the poor . 　　　On the other hand， her writings are marked throughout by intensity of vision and of passion .  Her works Jane Eyre《简﹒爱》 published in 1847 ? Shirley published in1849 ? Villette, published in 1853 ? The Professor written before Jane Eyre , It rejected by many publishing houses, and was published posthumously in 1857 ? The Bronte sisters published in May 1846 , a joint collection of poetry of Charlotte, Emily, and Anne under the assumed names of Currer, Ellis, and Acton Bell. The form of fictional autobiography Jane Eyre It tells the story of an orphan Jane Eyre who goes through a lot of hardships and setbacks. In her childhood, she is mistreated by her cruel aunt and suffers from mental breakdown. In sprite of miserable lives in boarding house, she becomes a teacher who has a chance to be a governess of the gentleman, Mr. Rochester’s adopted daughter. She falls in love with Mr. Rochester . However, the marriage between her and Rochester is interrupted because it is found out that he has an insane wife at home. Jane leaves Rochester that she loves so deeply. Later almost falling in love with another man St. John, she goes back to Rochester who is found blind with his manor burned down by his wife. The novel is basically autobiographical. It reveals that in