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English Novelist and author of "Jane Eyre" Charlotte Brontë marries curate Arthur Bell Nicholls

Charlotte Nicholls, commonly known by her maiden name Charlotte Brontë (commonly ), was an English novelist and poet, and was the elder sister of Emily, Anne and Branwell Brontë.

Charlotte Nicholls, commonly known by her maiden name Charlotte Brontë (commonly ), was an English novelist and poet, and was the elder sister of Emily, Anne and Branwell Brontë. She is best known for her novel Jane Eyre, which was first published under the pseudonym Currer Bell. Jane Eyre was a great success on publication, and has since become known as a classic of English literature.

Charlotte was the third of six siblings born to Maria Branwell, the daughter of a Cornish merchant, and Patrick Brontë, an Irish clergyman. Maria died when Charlotte was only five years old, and three years later, Charlotte was sent to the Clergy Daughters' School at Cowan Bridge in Lancashire, along with her three sisters, Maria, Elizabeth and Emily.

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Charlotte Nicholls, commonly known by her maiden name Charlotte Brontë (commonly ), was an English novelist and poet, and was the elder sister of Emily, Anne and Branwell Brontë.

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Charlotte Brontë

novelist and poet

English novelist and poet

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  4. Piano company Steinway & Sons is founded by Heinrich Steinweg (later Henry Steinway) in New York City

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Events After

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  2. Confederate General J.E.B. Stuart (22) weds Flora Cooke in Fort Riley, Kansas

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Charlotte Nicholls, commonly known by her maiden name Charlotte Brontë (commonly ), was an English novelist and poet, and was the elder sister of Emily, Anne and Branwell Brontë.
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