Charlotte Brontë

English novelist, author of Jane Eyre, 1816–1855. Explained quotes.

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About Charlotte Brontë

Charlotte Brontë grew up in the Yorkshire village of Haworth with her sisters Emily and Anne, who also became novelists. Jane Eyre, published in 1847 under the name Currer Bell, was an instant success. She died in 1855, aged 38.

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“I am no bird; and no net ensnares me; I am a free human being with an independent will.”
Jane Eyre, Chapter 23, 1847
“Reader, I married him.”
Jane Eyre, Chapter 38, 1847