Brontë, Charlotte
Brontë, Charlotte ( 1816 – 55 ),daughter of Patrick Brontë , an Irishman, perpetual curate of Haworth, Yorkshire, from 1820 until his death in 1861 . Charlotte's mother died in 1821 , leaving five daughters and a son to the care of their aunt, Elizabeth Branwell . Four of the daughters were sent to a Clergy Daughters' School at Cowan Bridge (which Charlotte portrayed as Lowood in Jane Eyre ), an unfortunate step which Charlotte believed to have hastened the death in 1825 of her two elder sisters and to have permanently impaired her own health. The surviving children pursued their education at home; they read widely, and became involved in a rich fantasy life that owes much to their admiration of Byron , Sir W. Scott , the Arabian Nights , the Tales of the Genii, and the engravings of J. Martin . They began to write stories, to produce microscopic magazines in imitation of...
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