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Charlotte Brontë

Charlotte Brontë

Born 21 April 1816 · Died 31 March 1855

From Thornton, England, United Kingdom · Nationality: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland · Writes fiction

Wikipedia

Charlotte Brontë was an English novelist, the eldest of the three Brontë sisters whose novels are English literature standards. Under the pen name Currer Bell, she wrote Jane Eyre.

Her sisters, Anne and Emily, first published their works as Acton and Ellis Bell.

Quotes

  • “I avoid looking forward or backward, and try to keep looking upward.”
    p. 285
  • “I like to see flowers growing, but when they are gathered, they cease to please. I look on them as things rootless and perishable; their likeness to life makes me sad.”
    Villette, Chapter XXIX
  • “I believe in some blending of hope and sunshine sweetening the worst lots. I believe that this life is not all; neither the beginning nor the end. I believe while I tremble; I trust while I weep.”
    Villette, Chapter XXXI
  • “This is a terrible hour, but it is often that darkest point which precedes the rise of day; that turn of the year when the icy January wind carries over the waste at once the dirge of departing winter, and the prophecy of coming spring.”
    Shirley, Chapter 20
  • “I envy your peace of mind, your clean conscience, your unpolluted memory. Little girl, a memory without blot or contamination must be an exquisite treasure — an inexhaustible source of pure refreshment: is it not?”
    Jane Eyre, Chapter 14

Quotes from Wikiquote (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Books by Charlotte Brontë in order

Books by Charlotte Brontë in the order they were published, from Poems by Currer, Ellis, and Acton Bell (1846) to Vilette (2022).

  1. 1Poems by Currer, Ellis, and Acton BellPoems by Currer, Ellis, and Acton Bell1846
  2. 2Jane EyreJane Eyre1847
  3. 3ShirleyShirley1849
  4. 4VilletteVillette1853
  5. 5The ProfessorThe Professor1856
  6. 6Jane EryeJane Erye2011
  7. 7Jane EyerJane Eyer2016
  8. 8Damas OscurasDamas Oscuras2017
  9. 9Vitorianas MacabrasVitorianas Macabras2019
  10. 10Jane Eyre by Charlotte BronteJane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte2020
  11. 11Jane Eyre AnnotatedJane Eyre Annotated2021
  12. 12ViletteVilette2022
  13. 13Charlotte and Emily BronteCharlotte and Emily Bronte
  14. 14EmmaEmma
  15. 15Jane Eyre/Withering HeightsJane Eyre/Withering Heights
  16. 16Legends of AngriaLegends of Angria
  17. 17Poems of Charlotte, Emily and Anne BrontëPoems of Charlotte, Emily and Anne Brontë
  18. 18Tales of AngriaTales of Angria
  19. 19The complete works of Charlotte Brontë and her sistersThe complete works of Charlotte Brontë and her sisters
  20. 20The letters of Charlotte BrontëThe letters of Charlotte Brontë
  21. 21The SpellThe Spell

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