Charlotte Brontë
Novelist · English · Victorian
Charlotte Brontë
1816–1855
Jane Eyre is the first English heroine who insists her interior life is worth an entire book — and wins the argument.
The life
The parsonage at Haworth, the moors, four siblings who invented whole countries in miniature books, and then a household of deaths she survived alone. She published as Currer Bell, married her father's curate, and died at thirty-eight, pregnant.
The writings
Novel
Novel · 1849
Shirley
Charlotte Brontë
Aya Saleh · Ink & Ivy
Shirley
1849 · Industrial novel · Social fiction
Two women negotiate love and independence amid Yorkshire industrial conflict.
Novel · 1853
Villette
Charlotte Brontë
Aya Saleh · Ink & Ivy
Villette
1853 · Psychological novel · Gothic
Lucy Snowe builds a constrained new life as a teacher in the fictional city of Villette.
Novel · 1857
The Professor
Charlotte Brontë
Aya Saleh · Ink & Ivy
The Professor
1857 · Bildungsroman · Realism
William Crimsworth seeks a livelihood as a teacher in Brussels; published after Brontë's death.
Novel · 1847
Jane Eyre
Charlotte Brontë
Aya Saleh · Ink & Ivy
Jane Eyre
1847 · Bildungsroman · Gothic
A governess insists on being addressed as an equal soul.
Fragment
Fragment · c. 1840 (written)
Ashworth
Charlotte Brontë
Aya Saleh · Ink & Ivy
Ashworth
c. 1840 (written) · Unfinished novel
An unfinished attempt to move beyond the Angrian world toward a larger novel.
Fragment · 1850s (written)
The Moores
Charlotte Brontë
Aya Saleh · Ink & Ivy
The Moores
1850s (written) · Unfinished novel
An unfinished prose work preserved among Brontë's literary fragments.
Fragment · 1853 (written)
The Story of Willie Ellin
Charlotte Brontë
Aya Saleh · Ink & Ivy
The Story of Willie Ellin
1853 (written) · Unfinished novel
An unfinished narrative opening among Brontë's late manuscripts.
Fragment · 1860
Emma
Charlotte Brontë
Aya Saleh · Ink & Ivy
Emma
1860 · Unfinished novel · Gothic
Two chapters of an unfinished novel, published posthumously; not Jane Austen's Emma.
