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Charlotte Brontë, married name Mrs. Arthur Bell Nicholls, pseudonym Currer Bell, (born April 21, 1816, Thornton, Yorkshire, England—died March 31, 1855, Haworth, Yorkshire), English novelist noted for Jane Eyre (1847), a strong narrative of a woman in conflict with her natural desires and social condition. The novel gave new truthfulness to Victorian fiction. She later wrote Shirley (1849) and Villette (1853). Her father was Patrick Brontë (1777-1861), an Anglican clergyman. Irish-born

Charlotte Brontë naît à Thornton où son père, Patrick Brontë, est pasteur. Sa mère meurt d'un cancer de l'estomac le 15 septembre 1821 [ 2 ] . En 1824 , pour assurer leur éducation, les quatre filles aînées sont envoyées à l'école de Cowan Bridge [ 3 ] , établissement recevant les enfants des membres du clergé peu fortuné, qui avait été recommandé à M. Brontë [ 4 ]

The Life of Charlotte Brontë is the posthumous biography of Charlotte Brontë by fellow novelist Elizabeth Gaskell. The first edition was published in 1857 by Smith, Elder & Co. A major source was the hundreds of letters sent by Brontë to her lifelong friend Ellen Nussey . Gaskell had to deal with rather sensitive issues, toning down some of her

Life, believe, is not a dream So dark as sages say; Oft a little morning rain Foretells a pleasant day. Sometimes there are clouds of gloom, But these are transient all; If the shower will make the roses bloom, O why lament its fall? Rapidly, merrily, Life's sunny hours flit by, GratefUlL.y, cheerily Enjoy them as they fly! What though Death at times steps in,