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Victorian Literature and Culture Charlotte Bronte. The Victorian Period was an era of vital change. Queen Victoria reign 1837-1901. Advancement of technology. Writers began to focus on everyday life.
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The Victorian Period was an era of vital change • Queen Victoria reign 1837-1901 • Advancement of technology • Writers began to focus on everyday life
Elizabeth Barret Browning“The Cry of The Children”Mary Ann Evans (George Eliot)
Charles Dickens(social ills)Thomas Carlyle(machinery against humanity)
Charlotte BronteTimeline • April 21,1816 -Born to Patrick Bronte and Maria Branwell a family of six children • 1835 Roe Head School • 1845-1846 The Professor • 1846 publish Bronte poems under Currer, Ellis, and Acton Bell • 1847 publish Jane Eyre • 1848 reveal true names of the Bells • 1849 continue to publish sister’s work • 1852proposal marriage • 1853Villette • 1854 married, pregnant and died pheumonia