Charlotte Bronte

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Charlotte Bronte was born in Thorton, Yorkshire (Victorian time England). She lived a rather tragic and depressing life from 1816-1855. Charlotte grew up with her father who was a clergy man her mother, and her 5 siblings. Two of her siblings being Emily and Anne Bronte. After the death of her mother and two eldest siblings; she was left with Emily, Anne, her father, her brother, and, her strict religious aunt.

As for Charlottes education, she attended clergy daughters school in Lancashire in 1824. She returned a year later because of harsh conditions. Charlotte later went to school at Roe Head, where she later worked as a teacher. She gave up teaching because she fell ill; suffering from melancholia. She decided to become a governess because of her disabling shyness, and her ignorance of normal children. She worked for the White family, and the Sidqwick family.

Years later Charlotte convinced Anne and Emily to gather their poetry and publish it. The sisters did so and used pseudonyms to protect their names. The three names used were, Currer, Ellis and Acton Bell. Thus their novels and short stories began. The sisters later branched out and wrote separate novels/sagas.

Charlotte wrote many well known and controversial (at the time) novels. She was Influenced by a number of events through out her life. One thing that deeply influenced her writing were the landscape around the parsonage, the lonely rolling moors and wild wind from where she was from. Another major influence is that when other children enjoyed playing outdoors, the Bronte’s created imaginary kingdoms, which were built around Branwell's (her brother) toy soldiers, which inspired them to create continuing stories of fantasy lands. Her novels were usually considered controversial because her protagonist is most often passionate desire for a wider life, and a need to be loved, and rebellious questioning of conventions. These traits also reflected Charlotte's own dreams.

After rejecting four marriages she accepted one and wedded. Her Brother (Branwell) died 1848 from tuberculosis. Her sisters Emily, and Anne both died the same year also of tuberculosis. A few years later in1855 Charlotte died of complications in the early stage of her pregnancy.