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Charlotte Bronte

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Personal details and public facts.

Profession
Novelist
Died
Mar 31, 1855
Zodiac
Taurus
Born in
England
About
The oldest surviving daughter in the renowned Bronte literary family, she wrote the famous novel, Jane Eyre, under the pen name of Currer Bell. Her later works include Villette and Shirley.
Family
She was one of six children born to Maria Branwell Bronte and clergyman Patrick Bronte. She and her younger sisters, Emily and Anne, all had significant literary careers. Charlotte Bronte married her father's curate, Arthur Bell Nichols, in June of 1854.

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