Charlotte Bronte (1816-1855)

Charlotte Brontë was a famous English writer. She was born into a poor family with six children — five girls and one boy. Her mother died when Charlotte was a very small girl. The girls were sent to a school for poor children. The children lived in cold, dark rooms and were often hungry. Charlotte’s two sisters died there. Later, Charlotte Brontë described that school in her novel Jane Eyre.

After leaving school, Charlotte became a teacher at a girls’ school. She lived with her two sisters and her brother. The Brontë sisters wrote poems and novels together. Their first book of poems was published in 1846. Jane Eyre was Charlotte Brontë’s second novel. It was published in 1848 and made her famous all over England.