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Charlotte Bronte was born on this day 200 years ago.

"I am no bird; and no net ensnares me:
I am a free human being with an independent will,
which ...I now exert to leave you."
--Jane to Mr. Rochester from JANE EYRE


She is responsible for these following literary works and more.


Novels

  • Jane Eyre, published 1847
  • Shirley, published in 1849
  • Villette, published in 1853
  • The Professor, written before Jane Eyre, submitted at first along with Wuthering Heights and Agnes Grey, then separately, and rejected by many publishing houses, published posthumously in 1857
  • Emma, unfinished; Charlotte Brontë wrote only 20 pages of the manuscript, published posthumously in 1860.
  • Emma Brown, by Clare Boylan, published 2003

Poetry

  • Poems by Currer, Ellis, and Acton Bell (1846)
  • Selected Poems of the Brontës, Everyman Poetry (1997)