The Life of Charlotte Bronte
Charlotte Brontė, daughter of the Reverend Patrick Brontė and his wife Maria, was born in Thorton, Yorkshire on April 21, 1816; she was the third daughter of six children. Charlotte's brother, Patrick Branwell, was born in 1817, and her sisters Emily and Anne in 1818 and 1820. Soon after Anne was born, the family of eight moved to Haworth where Charlotte's father took a job as curate. Her mother died in 1821 after a long battle with cancer and the children's aunt moved in to help take care of the family. Rev. Brontė soon discovered his children's talent for writing and, in 1824, sent four of his daughters, Maria, Elisabeth, Charlotte, and Emily to the Clergy Daughter's School at Cowan Bridge. Conditions there were harsh, however, and Charlotte's two eldest sisters, Maria and Elisabeth, died. After the passing of Charlotte's sisters, her father pulled both her and Emily from Cowan Bridge. They returned to their home in Haworth where Charlotte became the mother figure to her three younger siblings. She ta
Between the years of 1849 and 1853, Charlotte published two novels: Shirley and Villette. Because of her love for London, she would occasionally leave her father for short periods to visit the great city. The success of Jane Eyre was drawing much deserved attention to her but, sadly, her brother's failing health forced her home. In July of 1835, Charlotte returned to the school as a teacher; her sister, Emily, followed her as a student. In 1831 Charlotte Brontė was sent to Roe Head to continue her education. Between the years of 1839 and 1841, Charlotte had two different jobs as a governess, but both of them were short-lived. Charlotte took a job teaching at a children's home, but the position did not meet her expectations. Her travels between her home and Roe Head became frequent and she soon left the school all together. In 1842, she began taking classes with her sister, Emily, in Brussels with the intent of some day opening a school. Charlotte was left with only her father, whose health was also failing. Charlotte died of pneumonia and complications from her pregnancy on March 31, 1855. Charlotte took her now finished novel, The Professor, to a publishing company, but it was rejected. The following year, Anne fell ill; doctors named tuberculosis as her sickness and she passed away on May 28, 1849. Branwell Brontė's drug and alcohol addiction got the best of him and he died in September of 1848. For two years she studied many different subjects and then returned home to teach her siblings everything she had learned at Roe Head.
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