Charlotte Brontë
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| + | "[[Bertha Mason]] is mad; and she came of a [[mad family]]; [[idiots]] and [[maniacs]] through three generations! Her mother, the [[Creole]], was both a [[madwoman]] and a [[drunkard]]!—as I found out after I had wed the daughter: for they were silent on [[family secret]]s before. Bertha, like a dutiful child, copied her parent in both points."--''[[Jane Eyre]]'' (1847) by Charlotte Brontë | ||
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| - | '''Charlotte Brontë''' (([[April 21]], [[1816]] – [[March 31]], [[1855]]) was a [[United Kingdom|British]] [[novelist]], the eldest of the three famous [[Brontë]] sisters whose [[novel]]s have become standards of [[English literature]]. | + | '''Charlotte Brontë''' (21 April 1816 – 31 March 1855) was an English novelist and poet, the eldest of the three [[Brontë family|Brontë sisters]] who survived into adulthood and whose novels became classics of [[English literature]]. |
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| + | She enlisted in school at Roe Head in January 1831, aged 14 years. She left the year after to teach her sisters, [[Emily Brontë|Emily]] and [[Anne Brontë|Anne]], at home, returning in 1835 as a governess. In 1839 she undertook the role as governess for the Sidgwick family but left after a few months to return to Haworth where the sisters opened a school, but failed to attract pupils. Instead, they turned to writing and they each first published in 1846 under the pseudonyms of Currer, Ellis, and Acton Bell. Although her first novel, ''[[The Professor (novel)|The Professor]]'', was rejected by publishers, her second novel, ''[[Jane Eyre]]'', was published in 1847. The sisters admitted to their Bell pseudonyms in 1848, and by the following year were celebrated in London literary circles. | ||
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| + | Brontë was the last to die of all her siblings. She became pregnant shortly after her marriage in June 1854 but died on 31 March 1855, almost certainly from [[hyperemesis gravidarum]], a complication of pregnancy which causes excessive nausea and vomiting.{{efn|"Hyperemesis", Greek: "overvomiting"; "gravidarum", Latin: "of pregnant females".}} | ||
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| + | ==Novels== | ||
| + | * ''[[Jane Eyre]]'', published [[1847]] | ||
| + | * ''[[Shirley (novel)|Shirley]]'', published [[1849]] | ||
| + | * ''[[Villette (novel)|Villette]]'', published [[1853]] | ||
| + | * ''[[The Professor (novel)|The Professor]]'', written before ''Jane Eyre'' and rejected by many publishing houses, was published posthumously in [[1857]] | ||
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"Bertha Mason is mad; and she came of a mad family; idiots and maniacs through three generations! Her mother, the Creole, was both a madwoman and a drunkard!—as I found out after I had wed the daughter: for they were silent on family secrets before. Bertha, like a dutiful child, copied her parent in both points."--Jane Eyre (1847) by Charlotte Brontë |
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Charlotte Brontë (21 April 1816 – 31 March 1855) was an English novelist and poet, the eldest of the three Brontë sisters who survived into adulthood and whose novels became classics of English literature.
She enlisted in school at Roe Head in January 1831, aged 14 years. She left the year after to teach her sisters, Emily and Anne, at home, returning in 1835 as a governess. In 1839 she undertook the role as governess for the Sidgwick family but left after a few months to return to Haworth where the sisters opened a school, but failed to attract pupils. Instead, they turned to writing and they each first published in 1846 under the pseudonyms of Currer, Ellis, and Acton Bell. Although her first novel, The Professor, was rejected by publishers, her second novel, Jane Eyre, was published in 1847. The sisters admitted to their Bell pseudonyms in 1848, and by the following year were celebrated in London literary circles.
Brontë was the last to die of all her siblings. She became pregnant shortly after her marriage in June 1854 but died on 31 March 1855, almost certainly from hyperemesis gravidarum, a complication of pregnancy which causes excessive nausea and vomiting.Template:Efn
Novels
- Jane Eyre, published 1847
- Shirley, published 1849
- Villette, published 1853
- The Professor, written before Jane Eyre and rejected by many publishing houses, was published posthumously in 1857
