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Charlotte Bronte was born in 1816 in Haworth, Yorkshire. Her mother died when she was young, and the Bronte children were left mostly to themselves. All three sisters – Emily, Anne, and Charlotte – wrote famous novels. After she had finished and published __Jane Eyre__, her brother died in September of 1848, Emily in December of that same year, and then Anne the following May. Even though Charlotte was depressed, she continued on to write __Shirley__ and __Villette__. She married Arthur Bell Nicholls in 1854, but she then died in March of 1855 at thirty-nine of loneliness, grief, and ill health.
 * [[image:Charlote_Bronte.png width="187" height="259" align="left"]]Author Biography**

“There was no possibility of taking a walk that day” (Bronte 1). This is the first sentence of the book __Jane Eyre__, by Charlotte Bronte. The book begins with a young Jane Eyre, tortured and opinionated, living with bitter relatives. She is soon sent off to a school for girls, which is horribly strict and not well taken care of. Jane endures it, however, and grows up there, still retaining her strong personality. Jane sends out an advertisement to be a governess; it is quickly answered. She is hired by one Mr. Rochester and goes to live at his house with the little girl she is to watch after. It is awhile before she even meets her employer, and when she finally does, he makes a bad first impression on her. Mr. Rochester is arrogant and brooding and does not appreciate Jane’s spiritedness. They end up growing closer, however, and soon fall for each other. Jane learns to deal with his brooding, and Mr. Rochester learns to put up with her opinionated nature. They face many problems afterwards, however. After all, they cannot just live happily ever after; the book would be boring and short. Like all love stories, though, they are together at the end. In the second to the last chapter, Jane states: “I will be your neighbor, your nurse, your housekeeper. I find you lonely: I will be your companion – to read to you, to walk with you, to sit with you, to wait on you, to be eyes and hands to you. Cease to look so melancholy, my dear master; you shall not be left desolate, so long as I live” (Bronte 473). In the next chapter, the last one, Jane tells us: “Reader, I married him” (Bronte 488). They live happily after ridding themselves of everything that kept them apart. This book was a very wonderful read. Charlotte Bronte was a very good writer, and I plan on reading other works of hers. It is obvious why this book is a classic; the romance and tragedy inside its pages make up every good classic novel. Unlike some other classics, however, this one ends happily, leaving a good feeling inside the reader. If you liked this book, you might like this one, by Charlotte’s sister, Emily Bronte.


 * Works Cited**

Bronte, Emily. __Jane Eyre.__ Bantam Dell. 1987.