Charlotte Brontë

Charlotte Brontë was an English writer of the early Victorian Era. Her most notable work is the novel Jane Eyre, published in 1847. She is one of the Brontë sisters, along with Emily Brontë and Anne Brontë.

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• Lifetime: 21 April 1816 • 31 March 1855
• Main genre: Contemporary fiction (at the time of publication)
• Literary movement: a combination, during the shift between Romanticism and Realism
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