Charlotte Brontë was born in Yorkshire in 1816. She was the third of six children, two years older than Emily, and four years older than Anne. After schooling she worked as a governess, and then taught in Brussels. In 1846 she returned to England and published poems by her and her younger sisters, under the pseudonyms, Currer, Ellis and Acton Bell. In 1847 she completed Jane Eyre, which was published to considerable acclaim.
Both her younger sisters also wrote novels. Emily wrote Wuthering Heights, and Anne penned Agnes Grey and The Tenant of Wildfell Hall. Charlotte married in 1854 and died in 1855.
Un grand classique abrégé !
Orpheline, Jane fut ballotée de chez son acariâtre tante à une austère pension avant d'être engagée comme préceptrice par Monsieur Rochester. Le caractère ombrageux de ce dernier ainsi que les secrets tapis au sein du Manoir de Thornfield entraînèrent Jane dans une angoissante spirale, compromettant ce bonheur auquel elle aspirait depuis toujours. Un classique magistral, à étudier ou à lire pour le plaisir !