The novel gave new truthfulness to victorian fiction Doing so meant burning many bridges, but her sudden death left her friends and admirers with more questions than answers. She later wrote shirley (1849) and villette (1853)
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Between them, charlotte, emily, and anne brontë wrote seven books, including 'jane eyre', 'wuthering heights', and 'the tenant of wildfell hall' respectively
Brontë was born on april 21, 1816, in thornton, yorkshire, england Said to be the most dominant and ambitious of the brontës, charlotte was raised in a strict anglican home by her clergyman. Charlotte brontë had a life as seemingly dramatic as her heroine jane eyre Turning her back on her tragic past, charlotte reinvented herself as an acclaimed author, a mysterious celebrity, and a passionate lover
