,, Life is so constructed, that the event does not, cannot, will not, match the expectation. "

Charlotte Brontë

English Language Department

PITL ,,Gaudeamus’’

Chisinau 2020

Contents:

1.Early Years

2.About Poetry and Stories

3.Jane Eyre

4.Marriage and Death

5.Conclusion

6.Questions

7.Webography

Early Years

Charlotte Brontë was born in England, on April 21, 1816. She is the third of the six children of Maria and Patrick Brontë , an Irish Anglican clergyman. In 1820 her family moved a few miles to the village of Haworth, where her father had been appointed perpetual curate of St Michael and All Angels Church. Maria died of cancer on 15 September 1821, leaving five daughters, Maria, Elizabeth, Charlotte, Emily and Anne, and a son, Branwell, to be taken care of by her sister, Elizabeth Branwell.

Patrick sent four of his daughters, including Charlotte, to a boarding school for the daughters of clergy members. Brontë later used her bad experiences at this school—it was a harsh, abusive environment—as inspiration for Lowood Institution in Jane Eyre. And though much of her life was marked by tragedy, she wrote novels and poems that found great success in her lifetime and are still popular nearly 200 years later.

BRONTË HAD BEEN WRITING POETRY AND STORIES SINCE HER YOUTH.

Brontë was a voracious reader during her childhood and teen years, and she wrote stories and staged plays at home with her siblings. With her brother Branwell, especially, she wrote manuscripts, plays, and stories, drawing on literature, magazines, and the Bible for inspiration. For fun, they created magazines that contained everything a real magazine would have—from the essays, letters, and poems to the ads and notes from the editor.