Jane Eyre
...tian progress Jane Eyre > > 1. INTRODUCTION > 1). The life of Charlotte Bronte > Charlotte Bronte was born at Yorkshire in1816. After moving to Haworth , her mother died soon after the sixth child was born. > In 1824 the two eldest went off to a boarding school called Cowan Bridge School. They both died of tuberculosis, probably because the school not a good one. Charlotte Bronte was the eldest of the remaining four children. The brother, Brawell, was next in age to her. Then came Emily and finally Anne. Charlotte and Emily were also sent to Cown Bridge for short periods . The deaths of the elder sister saved them from a similar fate, and they were mercifully removed. The vivid recollection of sufferings and miseries in the school were probably the first formative stimulus in Charlotte’s development as a writer, just as Lowood in the book is seen to a strongly formative influence in the early development of Jane’s character. > For several more years, the four surviving children then lived at home. They received a little formal teaching from their father and aunt, but for the most part they studied , read and played. Their immigration was encouraged to be active. They wrote what they wanted to write. They had a strong community, with a great deal of lively conversation and discussion. At the age of fifteen, Charlotte studied...