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Charlotte Brontë

British and Irish Literature

Charlotte Nicholls, commonly known by her maiden name Charlotte Bronte, was an English novelist and poet, and the elder sister of Emily, Anne and Branwell Bronte. She is best known for her novel Jane Eyre, which was first published under the pseudonym Currer Bell. Born in 1816 and dying in 1855. Jane Eyre was a great success on publication and has since been acknowledged as a classic of English literature. Charlotte was the third of six siblings born to Maria Branwell and Patrick Bronte, and she was sent as a child to the Clergy Daughters' School at Cowan Bridge in Lancashire.

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1816 1
Death Year
1855 1
Charlotte Brontë
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Poetry, Genres
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Jane Eyre, Works
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1. Wikipedia: Charlotte Brontë
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    was an English novelist and poet, and was the elder sister of Emily, Anne and Branwell Brontë
  • Lead section, birth date
    Charlotte Nicholls (21 April 1816
  • Lead section, death date
    31 March 1855
  • In Genre: Poetry, Infobox: genre
    Fiction, poetry
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Jane Eyre (Wikipedia)
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Author: Charlotte Brontë
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