Charlotte Bronte

British Library Writers' Lives

Charlotte Brontë craved literary success from earliest childhood, when together with her sisters Emily and Anne and brother Branwell, she wrote the famous little books about the Brontë's shared imaginary worlds. She was a celebrated author who won great fame with her semi-autobiographical novels Jane Eyre, Shirley, Villette and The Professor, yet the trials of her life, especially the early deaths of her sisters and brother, left her ill-equipped to deal with its demands. This highly illustrated book provides a fluent account of the extraordinary life of a much-loved genius of English literature.