Charlotte Bronte

1816 - 1855
The Life of Charlotte Bronte
Charlotte Bronte was born in Thornton, Yorkshire,
in the North of England in 1816.
She was the third daughter of Patrick Bronte, a
priest and of Maria Branwell.
Charlotte had five sisters and one brother.
When Charlottes mother died in 1821, the
childrens aunt, Elizabeth Branwell, went to live
with the family.
They all loved reading, and they created a magical
world of their own, based on the stories that they
read. They invented their own fantasy lands and
they wrote histories and newspapers for these
imaginary countries.
In 1824, the four eldest girls were sent to a
boarding school at Cowan Bridge.
In 1825 the hard conditions at the school were
partly responsible for the depths of two her sisters.
Charlotte herself was never completely healthy
after her difficult time as a pupil at the school.

The Life of Charlotte Bronte
The Life of Charlotte Bronte
Charlotte was much happier at the
second school, Roe Head.

She later returned to the school as
a teacher.

She was, for a short time,
governess to two families.

Then she opened her own school
at Haworth with her sister, Emily
(author of Wuthering Heights).

In 1842 Charlotte and Emily went
to study languages at a school in
Brussels. Charlotte fell deeply in
love with the school director, but
he didnt return her love. Charlotte
later used this experience in her
novel Vallette (published in
1853).

The Life of Charlotte Bronte
Charlottes the first novel,
The Professor, was not accepted
by the publisher.
Then she wrote Jane Eyre ,
which was a great success, and for
which she is really famous.
Charlotte Brontes family was not
happy. Her beloved sisters, Anne and
Emily, both died while still young.
In 1854 she got married to fathers
curate.
Charlotte Bronte died in March
1855, at the age of 39, of an illness
connected with childbirth.
Jane Eyre
Jane Eyre is story which combines romance, mystery and adventure.
Jane Eyre

Jane Eyre
has survived
to thrill and
intrigue
modern
readers as
much as it
did when it
was first
published
in 1847.

The Times of Charlotte Bronte
Charlotte Bronte was born at a time of really
great change in Britain. She lived through the
reigns of 4 monarchs. The last of these was
Queen Victoria, who was made queen in
1837. During this time, Britain was a rich and
very strong nation. It had many industries,
great writers and artists, and a large empire.
This was the great age of the railways. Their
rise was rapid and changes the lives of many
of people, because roads were dangerous
and uncomfortable to travel on by horse and
carriage, especially in bad weather.
The Times of Charlotte Bronte
Victorian Family Life
The Times of Charlotte Bronte
The Times of Charlotte Bronte
Victorian houses
The Times of Charlotte Bronte
Victorian houses
The Times of Charlotte Bronte