Charlotte Bronte By Tikhomirova Ksenia 10″C» Charlotte Bronte

Charlotte Bronte By Tikhomirova Ksenia 10"C"

Charlotte Bronte was born on 21 April 1816 in Thornton, Yorkshire. She was the third of the six children of Patrick Bronte and Maria Branwell Bronte. Her mother died of cancer on 15 September 1821.

In 1824, Charlotte and her two elder sisters, Maria and Elizabeth, were sent to the newly-opened Cowan Bridge Clergy Daughters’ School. Conditions there were bad and both her sisters became ill and died of consumption.

Charlotte’s next adventure was going to school in Brussels with her sister Emily in 1842. There she wrote a novel “Villette” which was published in 1853.

In May 1846 Charlotte, Emily and Anne self-financed the publication of a joint collection of poetry under their assumed names Currer, Ellis and Actin Bell.

In August of 1846 Charlotte began to work on Jane Eyre. Though it was published in 1847.

Charlotte received a proposal of marriage from Arthur Bell Nicholls in December of 1853. And she accepted his proposal in June of 1854.

Charlotte Bronte died in 31 March 1855, of what was listed on the death certificate as “exhaustion”