Charlotte Bronte

• Charlotte Bronte was born in Thornton, Yorkshire, England on April 21, 1816. 
• Bronte was the third of six children.
• Two of her younger sisters, Anne and Emily, were also famous writers.
• Her mother died when she was 5 and two of her older sisters died before she turned 10.
• She was the only one of her siblings to live past 31
• Her three most famous works are Shirley, Jane Eyre, and Villette
• Works were published under pen name Currer Bell
• Married in 1854, shortly before her death on March 31, 1855