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Portrait of Charlotte Brontë

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Charlotte Brontë

1816–1855 · England

An English novelist and poet whose first-person fiction joined moral intensity to a strong claim for women’s emotional and intellectual equality.

Fiction

Life and context

A short timeline

  1. 1816

    Born in England.

  2. 1847

    Jane Eyre published.

  3. 1846

    Poems by Currer, Ellis, and Acton Bell published.

  4. Unknown year

    Shirley published.

  5. 1855

    End of the author’s recorded life.

Recurring concerns

Themes and style

  • independence
  • conscience
  • love
  • class

Direct address, psychological intensity and Gothic atmosphere.

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Works by Charlotte Brontë

3 works in the Linden collection.

Cover of Shirley
Business & Economics

Shirley

Charlotte Brontë

Business & Economics · B1–B2 · 19 hr
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