Charlotte Brontë
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Charlotte Brontë was an English novelist and poet, the eldest of the three Brontë sisters who survived into adulthood and whose novels became classics of English literature. She is best known for her novel Jane Eyre, which she published under the androgynous name Currer Bell. Jane Eyre went on to become a success in publication, and is widely held in high regard in the gothic fiction genre of literature.
Roe Head School, in Mirfield
Plaque in Brussels, on the Centre for Fine Arts, Brussels
Title page of the first edition of Jane Eyre
This photo-portrait of Ellen Nussey has long been mistaken for one of her friend Charlotte Brontë. The photo is a copy made c. 1918 by the photographer, Sir Emery Walker, from an original carte de visite photo which was then privately owned.
Maria Branwell
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Maria Branwell is best known as being the mother of British writers Emily Brontë, Anne Brontë, Charlotte Brontë and of their brother Branwell Brontë, who was a poet and painter. Maria married Patrick Brontë on 29 December 1812.
Maria Branwell's House, Penzance
Branwell married Patrick Brontë at St. Oswald's Church, Guiseley