• Charlotte continued her education at Roe Head, Mirfield, from 1831 to 32.
• Charlotte returned to Roe Head as a teacher from 1835 to 1838. In 1839, she took up the first of many positions as governess to various families in Yorkshire, a career she pursued until 1841.
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Main Characters
• Jane Eyre: The protagonist(主角) and title character, orphaned as a baby.She is plain-featured but talented, hardworking, honest and passionate.
• 2.) Her education at Lowood School, where she acquires friends and role models but also suffers privations(贫穷) .
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Life&Education
• Soon after their father removed them from the school . She and the other surviving children created their own literary fictional world, which prepared them for their literary vocations in adulthood.
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Novels And
Poetry
Novels：1.Jane Eyre, 1847
2.Shirley, 1849
3.Villette<<维莱特>>, 1853 4.The Professor《教师》,
published posthumously in 1857
Poetry：1.In May 1846, Charlotte, Emily, and Anne self-financed the publication of a joint collection of poetry under the assumed names of Currer, Ellis and Acton Bell.
• In June 1854, Charlotte married Arthur Bell Nicholls, her father's curate(助理牧师 )and she became pregnant soon after the marriage. Her health declined rapidly during this time. She died, along with her unborn child, on 31 March 1855, at the young age of 39.
Jane Eyre
♠ Author——Charlotte Bronte
♠ 小组成员：
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Content
• Author • Introduction of Jane Eyre • Sentence Appreciation
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Author——Charlotte Bronte
• Mrs. Sarah Reed: Jane's aunt by marriage, who resides at Gateshead. Because her husband insists, Mrs. Reed adopts Jane.
• St. John Eyre Rivers: A clergyman who is Jane Eyre's cousin on her father's side. He wanted to marry Jane later.
sisters, Emily, Maria, and Elizabeth, to the Clergy Daughters' School at Cowan Bridge in Lancashire. • Two elder sisters, Maria (born 1814) and Elizabeth (born 1815), who died of tuberculosis 肺结核 in June 1825
• Edward Fairfax Rochester: The owner of Thornfield Manor, and Jane's lover and eventual husband.
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The Introduction of the Story
• The novel goes through five distinct stages: 1.) Jane's childhood at Gateshead, where she is emotionally abused by her aunt and cousins .
1816-1855
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An English novelist and poet
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Life&Education
• Born in Thornton, Yorkshire in 1816, the third of six children
• Charlotte's mother died of cancer in 1821 • In August 1824, Charlotte was sent with three of her
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The Works of Bronte Sisters
Charlotte Bronte
1816-1855 Jane Eyre《简爱》
Emily Bronte
1818-1848
Wuthering heights 《呼啸山庄》
Anne Bronte 1820-1849 Agnes Grey 《艾格尼斯·格雷 》