Jane Eyre
Portrait of Charlotte Brontë, painted by Evert A. Duyckinck, based on a drawing by George Richmond, 1873, University of Texas, public domain, via Wikimedia Commons Jane Eyre is a novel originally published on October 16, 1847 by English writer Charlotte Brontë , under the pen name "Currer Bell." ( Wikipedia ) Charlotte was one of six children, five girls and one boy. After the death of their mother, the oldest four girls, including Charlotte, were sent to the Clergy Daughters' School, where the oldest two girls died of tuberculosis. Their father brought the other two girls back home. Once she had completed her education, Charlotte briefly worked as a governess. She then tried to open a boarding school with her two remaining sisters, a project they later abandoned. All three sisters went on to publish under their respective Bell pen names. Charlotte's brother and sisters died in rapid succession while she was working on her third novel. Charlotte married, but died whi