Charlotte Bronte
1816 - 1855
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Biography
Charlotte Bronte was an English novelist and poet, best known for her novel 'Jane Eyre', which is considered a classic of English literature. She was born in 1816 in Yorkshire, England, and grew up in a literary family. Along with her sisters Emily and Anne, Charlotte Bronte published her works under the male pen name 'Currer Bell' due to the societal constraints of the time. Her writing often focused on themes of love, independence, and social critique.
Famous Quotes (5)
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I am no bird; and no net ensnares me: I am a free human being with an independent will.
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I try to avoid looking forward or backward, and try to keep looking upward.
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Life appears to me too short to be spent in nursing animosity, or registering wrongs.
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Conventionality is not morality. Self-righteousness is not religion. To attack the first is not to assail the last.
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Better to be without logic than without feeling.