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Charlotte Brontë was an English novelist and poet (21 April 1816 – 31 March 1855), the eldest of the three Brontë sisters who survived into adulthood and whose novels have become classics of English literature. She published her best known novel, Jane Eyre, under the pen name Currer Bell. he Rev. A. B. Nicholls, curate of Haworth since 1845, proposed marriage to Charlotte in 1852. The Rev. Mr. Brontë objected violently, and Charlotte, who, though she may have pitied him, was in any case not in love with him, refused him. Nicholls left Haworth in the following year, the same in which Charlotte's Villette was published. By 1854, however, Mr. Brontë's opposition to the proposed marriage had weakened, and Charlotte and Nicholls became engaged. Nicholls returned as curate at Haworth, and they were married, though it seems clear that Charlotte, though she admired him, still did not love him. In 1854 Charlotte, expecting a child, caught pneumonia. It was an illness which could have been cured, but she seems to have seized upon it (consciously or unconsciously) as an opportunity of ending her life, and after a lengthy and painful illness, she died, probably of dehydration.

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It was Brontë's second published novel after Jane Eyre (originally published under Brontë's pseudonym Currer Bell). The novel is set in Yorkshire in the period 1811–12, during the industrial depression resulting from the Napoleonic Wars and the War of 1812. The novel is set against a backdrop of the Luddite uprisings in the Yorkshire textile industry. While Brontë was writing Shirley, three of her siblings died. Her brother Branwell died in September 1848, and her sister Emily fell ill and died in December. Brontë resumed writing, but then her only remaining sibling, her sister Anne, became ill and died in May 1849. It is believed that the character of Caroline Helstone was loosely based on Anne and it has been speculated that Brontë originally planned to kill off Caroline but changed her mind because of her family tragedies. Shirley is what Brontë believed her sister, Emily Brontë, would have been if she had been born into a wealthy family.The maiden name of Mrs. Pryor is Agnes Grey, the name of the main character in Anne's first novel. She was based on Margaret Wooler, the principal of Roe Head School, which Brontë attended as both student and teacher. The novel is set in and around the spen valley area of west Yorkshire. This area is known as "Shirley country" to some locals. In the novel, Brairmains is based on "the red house" in Gomersal; Mary Taylor lived here and was a friend of Charlotte. The house is now open as a museum. Fieldhead in the novel is based on the Elizabethan manor house, Oakwell Hall, which is also a museum.

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Tas bija Brontē ' s publicēja otro romānu pēc Džeina Eira (sākotnēji tika publicēts zem Brontē ' s pseidonīma Currer Bell). Romāns ir iestatīts Yorkshire periodā, 1811 – 12, industriāla krīze izriet no Napoleona kariem un 1812. gada kara laikā. Romāns ir iestatīts sagatavota Luddite uprisings Yorkshire tekstilrūpniecībā. , Kamēr Brontē rakstīju Shirley, trīs māsas nomira. Septembrī 1848 gāja bojā viņas brālis Branwell un viņas māsa Emīlija saslima un nomira decembrī. Brontē atsāka rakstīt, bet tad viņas vienīgais atlikušais ciltsmāsu, viņas māsa Anna bija slims un mirusi maija 1849. Ir uzskats, ka Caroline Helstone raksturs bija brīvi, pamatojoties uz Anne, un tas ir spekulējis Brontē sākotnēji plānots nogalināt off Caroline bet pārdomāja sakarā ar viņas ģimenes traģēdijām. Shirley ir ko Brontē ticēja māsai Emīlijai Brontē, būtu bijis, ja viņa piedzima bagātas ģimenes.Mrs Pryor pirmslaulības vārds ir Agnes pelēka, nosaukums, galvenais varonis Anne ' s pirmais romāns. Viņa pamatojās uz Margaret Wooler, principāls Roe vadītājs skolā Brontē piedalījās gan skolēnu un skolotāju. Romāns ir iestatīts west Yorkshire spen ieleja teritorijā un tās tuvumā. Šajā jomā ir zināms kā "Shirley valsts" Daži vietējie iedzīvotāji. Romāns, Brairmains balstās uz "sarkano māju" Gomersal; Mary Taylor šeit dzīvoja un bija Charlotte draugs. Māja tagad ir atvērta kā muzejs. Fieldhead romāns balstās uz Elizabetes muiža, Oakwell Hall, kas ir arī muzejs.

Domain: Literature; Category: General literature

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