Charlotte Bronte

1816-
1855
- born on April 21,
1816 in Yorkshire.
- the third born of
six children to
Reverend Patrick
and Maria Branwell
Bronte.
Charlotte, Emily,
and Anne Bronte
 In 1820 Charlotte
Bronte’s father
was appointed to
the position of
curate.
Therefore the
family was
relocated to
Haworth
The Bronte’s
home parsonage.
 The following year
Charlottes’ mother died.
Mr. Bronte was left with
six young children to
raise.
He soon
discovered the
talent that his
children
possessed for
writing. He then
decided to find
proper education
for his them.
The four eldest
daughters (Maria,
Elizabeth,
Charlotte, and
Emily) were
enrolled as pupils
of Clergy
Daughter’s School
at Cowan Bridge.
 After becoming seriously ill with a
cough Maria dies in May 1825.
Shortly after her death Elizabeth
died. Her death was somewhat
controversial. It was said that she
was pushed down a flight of stairs
after being scolded by a
schoolmaster, because she told him
that she wasn’t feeling well enough
to attend her class.
Charlotte
witnessed the
tragic accident
that happened
to her sister. A
final tribute to
her sister is
found in
several pages
of Jane Eyre.
 Jane Eyre
I still recoiled at the dread of seeing a corpse.
“Helen!” I whispered softly; “are you
awake?” She stirred herself, put back the
curtain, and I saw her face, pale, wasted, but
quite composed; she looked so little changed
that my fear was instantly dissipated. “Can
it be you Jane?” she asked, in her won gentle
voice. “Oh!” I thought, “she is not going to
die; they are mistaken; she could not speak
and look so calmly if she were.”
I got on to her crib and kissed
her: her forehead was cold, and
her cheek both cold and thin,
and so were her hand and wrist:
but she smiled as of old…
Chapter 9
Mr. Bronte then pulled Charlotte
and Emily from Cowan Bridge,
and are then brought home. At
the age of nine Charlotte finds
herself as a mother figure for
Emily, Branwell, and Anne.
Charlotte arranges her bedroom
into a school room to teach her
younger siblings. At age eleven
Charlotte and her siblings start a
four volume epic tale.
In 1839, Charlotte accepted a
position as governess in the
Sidgewick family, but left after
three months and returned to
Haworth.
In 1841, she became governess
of the White family, but after
nine months left once again.
 Publication of Charlottes’
Writings
In 1846, Charlotte
discovered Emily’s poems,
and decided to publish a
selection of the poems
from all three sisters.
Charlottes’ The Professor
was rejected for
publication.
However, her work Jane
Eyre, Emily’s Wuthering
Heights, and Anne’s
Agnes Grey were all
published.
 Charlottes’ Works
• 1847-Jane Eyre
• 1849-Shirley
• 1853-Villette
• 1857-The Professor
• 1925-The Twelve Adventures and
Other Stories
• 1971-Legends of Angria
 Bronte as a Feminist
The novel Jane Eyre by Charlotte
Bronte, is frequently viewed as
the earliest major feminist novel.
Although there is not a hint in the
book that relates to political, legal,
educational, or even intellectual
equality between the sexes.
 • On June 29, 1854
Charlotte married
A.B. Nicholls.

•On March 31, 1855

Charlotte dies.
 After Charlotte’s Death
• In 1857, Mrs. Gaskell’s Life of Charlotte Bronte was
published, and in June The Professor was published
posthumously.
• The works from her juvenilia were also published
posthumously such as:
• The Twelve Adventures and Other Stories

• The nineteen volumes of The Shakespeare Head

Bronte are the most complete edition of the

works of Charlotte, Emily, Anne, and Branwell.
• Legends of Angria