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Charlotte Bronte

Charlotte Bronte lived from 1816 to 1855. In 1824 she was sent away to school with her four sisters and they were treated so badly that their father brought them home to Haworth in Yorkshire. The elder two sisters died within a few days and Charlotte and her sisters Emily and Anne were brought up in the isolated village. They were often lonely and loved to walk on the moors. They were all great readers and soon began to write small pieces of verse and stories.

Once Charlotte's informal education was over she began to work as a governess and teacher in Yorkshire and Belgium so that she could add to the low family income and help to pay for her brother Branwell's art education. Charlotte was a rather nervous young woman and didn't like to be away from home for too long. The sisters began to write more seriously and published poetry in 1846 under male pen names — there was a lot of prejudice against women writers. The book was not a success and the sisters all moved on to write novels. Charlotte's best-known book, Jane Eyre, appeared in 1847 and was soon seen as a work of genius. Charlotte really knew how to make characters and situations come alive.

Charlotte's life was full of tragedy, never more so than when her brother Branwell and sisters Emily and Anne died within a few months in 1848/49. She married her father's curate in 1854 but died in 1855, before her fortieth birthday.

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	Jane Eyre Puffin Classics by Charlotte Bronte from Puffin Books Realistic Romantic Fiction for 8th-Adult in Realistic Fiction (Location: FIC-REA) $7.19
	Jane Eyre Illustrated Junior Library Series 4 by Charlotte Bronte from Grosset & Dunlap Realistic Romantic Fiction for 8th-12th grade in Realistic Fiction (Location: FIC-REA)
	Jane Eyre Everyman's Library by Charlotte Bronte from Alfred A. Knopf, Inc. Realistic Romantic Fiction for 9th-Adult in 19th Century Literature (Location: LIT6-19) $22.40
	Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte from Dover Publications Realistic Romantic Fiction for 9th-Adult in 19th Century Literature (Location: LIT6-19) $6.40
	Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë from Penguin Classics for 9th-Adult in 19th Century Literature (Location: LIT6-19) $7.20
	Jane Eyre Portland House Illustrated Classics by Charlotte Bronte, illustrated by Monroe S. Orr from Portland House Gothic Romance for 8th-Adult in 19th Century Literature (Location: LIT6-19)
	Jane Eyre Reader's Digest World's Best Reading by Charlotte Bronte, illustrated by Richard Lebenson 1^st edition from Reader's Digest for 7th-Adult in 19th Century Literature (Location: LIT6-19)
	Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte from International Collectors Library Realistic Romantic Fiction for 8th-Adult in 19th Century Literature (Location: LIT6-19)
	Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte, illustrated by Fritz Eichenberg from Random House Realistic Romantic Fiction for 8th-Adult in Vintage Fiction & Literature (Location: VIN-FIC)
	Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte, Illustrated by F. H. Townsend from SeaWolf Press Realistic Romantic Fiction for 8th-Adult in Seawolf Illustrated Classics (Location: FIC-SW) $11.19
	Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte, illustrated by Edward A. Wilson from Random House Realistic Romantic Fiction for 8th-Adult in 20th & 21st Century Literature (Location: LIT7-20)
	Jane Eyre Rainbow Classics by Charlotte Bronte, illustrated by Nell Booker from World Publishing Company Realistic Romantic Fiction for 8th-12th grade in Vintage Fiction & Literature (Location: VIN-FIC)
	Jane Eyre & Wuthering Heights - 2 Volume Set by Charlotte Bronte and Emily Bronte, illustrated by Fritz Eichenberg from Random House Realistic Romantic Fiction for 8th-Adult in Vintage Fiction & Literature (Location: VIN-FIC)
	Jane Eyre - Guide CD Progeny Press Literature Guides by Jill M. Wilson from Progeny Press Literature Guide for 9th-12th grade in Progeny Press Interactive CDs (Location: LITSG-PPCD) $8.00 (1 in stock)
	Jane Eyre - Progeny Press Study Guide Progeny Press Literature Guides by Jill M. Wilson from Progeny Press Literature Guide for 9th-12th grade in Progeny Press Literature Guides (Location: LIT-SGPP) $22.39
	Jane Eyre - TLP Guide Total Language Plus Literature Guides from Total Language Plus for 11th-12th Grade in Total Language Plus Guides (Location: LITSG-TLP) $17.56
	Shirley Penguin Classics by Charlotte Bronte from Penguin Classics for 9th-Adult in 19th Century Literature (Location: LIT6-19) $3.20 (1 in stock)
	Shirley and The Professor by Charlotte Bronte from Everyman's Library for 10th-Adult in 19th Century Literature (Location: LIT6-19)
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	Villette Everyman's Library by Charlotte Bronte from Alfred A. Knopf, Inc. for 10th-Adult in 19th Century Literature (Location: LIT6-19)
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