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Jane Eyre The author Charlotte Bronte (April 21,1816–March 31,1855) was an English novelist, the eldest of the three Bronte sisters whose novels have become enduring classics of English literature. Charlotte Bronte was born at Thornton, England, and was the third of six children. In April 1820 the family moved to Haworth, where Patrick had been appointed Perpetual Curate. Maria Branwell Bronte died of cancer in 1821, leaving five daughters and a son to the care of her sister Elizabeth Branwell. In 1824, Charlotte was sent with three of her sisters to the Clergy Daughters School at Cowan Bridge in Lancashire (which she would describe as Lowood School in Jane Eyre). Its poor conditions, Charlotte maintained, permanently affected her health and physical development, and Maria and Elizabeth died of tuberculosis in 1825 soon after they were removed from the school. At home in Haworth Parsonage, Charlotte and Branwell, Emily, and Anne were influenced by their fathers library of Walter Scott, Byron, Tales of the Genii and The Arabian Nights. They began chronicling the lives and struggles of the inhabitants of their imaginary kingdoms. Charlotte continued her education at Roe Head school in Mirfield from 1831 to 1832, where she met her lifelong friends and correspondents, Ellen Nussey and Mary Taylor. Charlotte returned as a teacher from 1835 to 1838. In 1839 she took up the first of many positions as governess to various families in Yorkshire, a career she pursued until 1841. Charlotte taught English and Emily taught music. Charlotte returned alone to Brussels in January 1843. Her second stay at the pensionnat was not a happy one; she became lonely, homesick. She finally returned to Haworth in January 1844 and used her time at the pensionnat as the inspiration for some of The Professor and Villette. In May 1846, Charlotte, Emily, and Anne published a joint collection of poetry under the assumed names of Currer, Ellis, and Acton Bell. Alt