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CharlotteBronte

bornon21April1816motherdiedin1821wenttoCowanBridgeClergyDaughtersSchoolIn1824MariaandBethdiedinthespringof1825wenttoschoolinBrusselswithEmilyin1842thethreesisterspublishedabookofPoemsin1846

AnnesdeathinMay1849JaneEyrepublishedin1847BranwellandEmilydiedin1848marriedArthurBellNichollsinJuneof1854diedwhilepregnanton31Mar.1855

Life,believe,isnotadream

Sodarkassagessay;

Oftalittlemorningrain

Foretellsapleasantday.Sometimestherearecloudsofgloom,

Butthesearetransientall;

Iftheshowerwillmaketherosesbloom,

Owhylamentitsfall?“Life”-CurrerBell,akaCharlotteBronteCharlotteBronteandHerCircle---ClementK.Shorter

Withanewkindofheroinedefiantlyvirtuous,morallycourageousandfiercelyindependent,CharlotteBrontebroughtaboutchangeinthestyleoffictionoftheday,presentinganunconventionalwomantobeadmiredforherabilitytoovercomeadversity3novels:JaneEyre(1847)Shirley(1849)Villette(1853)

loveissomethingtofightfor,butforwhich,JanedoesntloseherautonomyasawomanFromherhumblebeginningsasanorphanunderthecareofacruelaunt,governessJaneEyrefallsinlovewithhermercurialemployer,theByronicEdwardRochester.ButthendarksecretsofThornfieldHallthreatentodestroyeverythingshe’sworkedsohardtoachieve.Finally,afterseveralturnsoftheplottheByronichero,Mr.Rochester.Briefintroduceofthestory:

There’slittlejoyinlifeforme,

Andlittleterrorinthegrave;

I’velivedthepartinghourtosee

OfoneIwouldhavediedtosave.OnTheDeathofAnneBronte---CharlotteBronte

BronteliessomewherebetweentheVictorianandtheModernnovel:closertotheVictorian,tobesure,andinsomewaysdefinitiveofit,butalsoapproachestheModernistinterestinconsciousnessandtheinteriorstrugglesofthesoul.TheVictorianNovel---Anera