“Would you not be happier if you tried to forget her severity, together with the passionate emotions it excited? Life appears to me too short to be spent in nursing animosity, or registering wrongs." - Helen Burns”

English novelist and poet

Charlotte Brontë was an English novelist and poet. Born Charlotte Nicholls, she is best known as the elder sister of Emily, Anne and Branwell Brontë, and for her novel Jane Eyre. Jane Eyre first appeared under the pen name Currer Bell and was a major success when it was published. It has since come to be regarded as a classic of English literature.