“VILETTE” cHARLOTTE bRONTE (1816-1855) Born in 1816, the

“VILETTE” cHARLOTTE bRONTE (1816-1855)

Born in 1816, the third daughter of the Rev. Patrick Bronte and his wife Maria. Her sisters Emily and Anne were born in 1818 and 1820. In 1820, the Bronte family moved to Haworth. Biographical Background

Clergy Daughters School In 1824 the Bronte girls were enrolled at Clergy Daughter’s Bridge at Cowan Bridge. In 1825, Maria and Elizabeth, the two eldest daugthers, became ill, left the school, and died. Charlotte and Emily were brought home.

Roe Head In 1831 Charlotte became a pupil at the school at Roe Head, but left school the following year to teach her sisters at home. She returned to Roe Head School in 1835 as a governess. She left Roe Head in 1838 to become a governess to a family.

Bronte Sisters’ Publications In 1846, they published Poems, written under the pseudonymns of Currer, Ellis and Acton Belle. In 1847, Charlotte’s Jane Eyre, Emily’s Wuthering Heights, and Anne’s Agnes Grey were published under the Bell pseudonyms.

London In 1849, Charlotte visited London and began to move in literary circles. She met Elizabeth Gaskell and Thackery. Gaskell published The Life of Charlotte Bronte in 1857. Bronte dedicated Jane Eyre to Thackery. In 1848, her brother Patrick and her sisters Emily and Anne died.

Marriage The Rev. A.B. Nicholls, curate of Haworth, proposed marriage to Charlotte in 1852. Her father opposed the marriage, and in 1854 they were married.

Illness and Death In 1854 Charlotte, expecting a child, caught pneumonia. She died on March 31, 1855.

"Villette“ is the last novel by Charlotte Bronte, which came out in 1853. It is a realistic description of her experiences at a boarding-school in Brussels. Vilette

Biographical background In 1842 Charolotte and Emily went to Brussels to ocomplete their studies. After a trip home to Haworth, Charlotte returned alone to Brussels where she remained until 1844.

plot: Lucy’s Childhood Lucy’s parents died when she was a child Mrs. Bretton, Lucy’s Godmother Lucy, age 14, observing her godmother Graham, Mrs. Bretton’s son

Traveling to Vilette with Ginevra Fanshawe Bonne and English teacher at Mme. Beck’s pensionnat Relationsips between Lucy and Paul Plot: Vilette

Lucy Snowe M. Paul Emanuel Graham Bretton Paulina Home Mme. Beck Miss Ginevra Fanshawe Main characters

Women’s place in the society Emancipation Religion themes

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