Charlotte Brontë

Born: 21 April 1816 Thornton, Yorkshire, England Died: 31 March 1855 (aged 38) Haworth, Yorkshire, England Pen name: Lord Charles Albert Florian Wellesley Currer Bell Occupation: governess, novelist, poet Genres novel: Notable work(s) Jane Eyre, Villette Charlotte Brontë (pronounced /ˈbrɒnti/ or /ˈbrɒnteɪ/)[1]) (21 April 1816 – 31 March 1855) was an English novelist and poet, the eldest of the three Brontë sisters whose novels are English literature standards. She wrote Jane Eyre under the pen name Currer Bell. Born in Thornton, Yorkshire in 1816, the third of six children, to Maria née Branwell and her husband Patrick Brontë (formerly "Patrick Brunty"), an Irish Anglican clergyman. Jane Eyre is a classic romance novel originally published in 1847. Charlotte Brontë's second novel (yet first published) tells the tale of self-described plain and poor girl with no family or social connections. Her experiences through a harsh boarding school and subsequently as a governess at Thornfield Hall are artfully and absorbingly told.