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Charlotte Bronte

Charlotte Bronte. Victorian -Culture/ Literature. Queen Victoria. Who sat on throne 1837-1901 Married her cousin Prince Albert She was hearted broken after his death She died at 80 years of age. Unpredictable changes. The economies of Europe expanded

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Charlotte Bronte

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  1. Charlotte Bronte

  2. Victorian -Culture/ Literature • Queen Victoria • Who sat on throne 1837-1901 • Married her cousin Prince Albert • She was hearted broken after his death • She died at 80 years of age

  3. Unpredictable changes • The economies of Europe expanded • Improvement to the steam engine technology • Global economy/huge amounts of wealth were created • Solely to the middle class • New market economy favored industry over agriculture • Large numbers of farmers left. • Seeking work in factories, cities were overwhelmed

  4. Fundamental Change = Progress • The majority of writers spoke out • Essayist Thomas Carlyle • Elizabeth Barret-Browings poet produce The Cry of the children • Novelist Charles Dickens • Novelist & essayist focused on realities & directly addressed the social problems rather than fancy

  5. Poetry Under went Evolution • Romantic period poetry was the dominant genre • Novels was the most important in Victorian period • William Thackeray, Vanity Fair, satirical view • Anne, Charlotte, Emily-Wuthering Heights example of gothic Romanticism • Thomas Hardy, forerunner for Modernist Movement • Children literature became growth industry • Comic verse /Victorian Era/Oscar Wilde • Science, philosophy Charles Darwin • Philosophical writings John Stuart Mill • Nature writing/ Alfred Lord Tennyson • Serial publication in magazines/journals became more popular

  6. Charlotte Bronte’s Background • English Novelist and Poet • Born 1816 in Thornton Yorkshire • Parents: Maria & Patrick Bronte • Raise with 5 Siblings: Maria, Elizabeth, Emily, Anne, and Branwell • 1820 family moved to the village of Haworth • Mother died of Cancer

  7. Early Life and Education • Mr. Bronte sent daughters to the Clergy Daughters’ School • School affected her health • Two sisters died • Childhood imaginations • 1831-1832 Charlotte continued her education • 1833 She wrote The Green Dwarf • 1835/38 She returned as a teacher • 1839 A position as governess • 1842 traveled to Brussels to enroll at boarding school • 1844 She tried to open own school but it failed

  8. Publications • May 1846 Charlotte, Emily, Anne published a collection of poetry • Charlotte’s first manuscript The Professor • 1847 Jane Eyre was published • 1848 Charlotte began to work second manuscript Shirley/later published 1849 • Third novel last published in her life time Villette 1853

  9. Marriage • Before publication of Vilette she received a proposal from Arthur Bell Nichols • She initially turn him down & her father objected • Jan 1854 she accepted persuaded by friend Elizabeth, gained fathers approval, April married in June. • Charlotte became pregnant soon after & died with unborn child March 31,1855 age of 38

  10. Life after Death • Charlotte’s first novel The Professor was published posthumously 1857 • Emma published posthumously 1860

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