Charlotte Brontë (1816-1855) was an English novelist and poet, best known for her novel Jane Eyre. She was born in Thornton, Yorkshire, England, the third of six children of Patrick Brontë, an Anglican clergyman, and his wife Maria Branwell. Charlotte's siblings included the writers Emily Brontë and Anne Brontë. Charlotte was educated at home by her father and later attended the Clergy Daughters' School at Cowan Bridge. After her mother and two of her sisters died in 1825, Charlotte and Emily were sent to the Clergy Daughters' School at Cowan Bridge, where Charlotte experienced what she later described as a "harrowing" period of her life. Charlotte's first novel, The Professor, was rejected by publishers, but her second novel, Jane Eyre, was published in 1847 and was an immediate success. She followed it with Shirley (1849) and Villette (1853). Charlotte also wrote poetry and a number of other novels, including The Tenant of Wildfell Hall (1848). Charlotte died in 1855 at the age of 38, probably from tuberculosis. Her novels have been adapted for film and television numerous times, and she is considered one of the most important authors of the 19th century.
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