Scarica Jane Eyre e Charlotte Bronte e più Sintesi del corso in PDF di Inglese solo su Docsity! CHARLOTTE BRONTE LIFE Charlotte Bronte was born in Haworth, North Yorkshire. She was the third daughter of Maria Branwell and Patrick Bronte. Charlotte's mother dies and her sisters were sent to school. Unfortunately, however, the two older sisters died of tuberculosis and the remaining sisters return home. Charlotte began working as a teacher and housekeeper. She and her sisters published poems under the pseudonyms of Currer, Ellis and Acton Bell. A few years later both his brother Branwell and then his sisters will die too. He spends time in London in literary circles, where he meets Elizabeth Gaskell and William Thackeray. Charlotte married Arthur Bell Nicholls in Haworth but died a year later of pneumonia at the age of 39. LITERARY PRODUCTION The first novel published by Charlotte Bronte was Jane Eyre (1847). He also wrote a story set in Yorkshire, at the time of the Napoleonic wars: Shirle. A few years later he published Villette, his third novel. Her last novel, published posthumously, was The Professor, based on her experiences as a student in Brussels. JANE EYRE (1847) The story Jane Eyre is an orphan who lives with her wealthy relatives, the Reed family. Her aunt doesn't like her, so Jane was sent to Lowood boarding school managed by a cruel man, Mr Brocklehurst. Jane is unhappy and lonely. She becomes friends only with Helen, who, however dies of consumption. After Lowood, Jane becomes a teacher and gets a job as a housekeeper for Adèle, a young French girl, who lives with her tutor Mr Rochester at Thornfield Hall. Here Jane is happy, along with Adèle and the housekeeper, Mrs Fairfax, although Mr. Rochester is often absent and sometimes hears a strange laugh coming from the attic of the house. Rochester is a mysterious man, but Jane is attracted by him. One night, she saves him from a fire in his bedroom. After some time, Rochester tells Jane that he is in love with her and proposes to her. Jane agrees, but the wedding ceremony was interrupted by Richard Mason and a lawyer, who revealed that Rochester was already married to Mason's sister Bertha. Bertha Mason is crazy and lives in the house, locked in the attic. It was Bertha, who set the Mr. Rochester's bed on fire. He claims that when he married Bertha, he didn't know about the insanity in her family. Shocked by this news, Jane leaves Thornfield Hall and becomes a teacher in a small village. One night, Jane imagined hearing Mr. Rochester calling. So she returned to Thornfield to find it burned. Bertha had set fire to the house and she was dead. Mr. Rochester is still alive, but he lost his sight in the fire and is now living alone. Jane and Mr. Rochester reunite and get married. Stylistic features
