Charlotte Brontë, pseudonym Currer Bell, was born 21 April 1816, in Thornton, Yorkshire, England. Read here.
She is best known for her passionate novel Jane Eyre (1847), the story of an independent young governess who is in conflict with her natural desires and social condition, but she overcomes hardships while remaining true to her principles. It blended moral realism with Gothic elements. The novel gave new truthfulness to Victorian fiction. She later wrote Shirley (1849) and Villette (1853).
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