Charlotte Brontë Poetry

Charlotte Brontë (1816-1855) was a Victorian writer who blended the traditions of Gothic novels with the novel of society and manners, as in her masterpiece Jane Eyre. She grew up in an isolated but well-read family on the Haworth moors, where her imagination took flight. Although she is most well-known for her prose, she wrote a number of interesting poems:

Charlotte Brontë, 1873, Evert Duyckinick (based on an 1850 drawing by George Richmond)

Charlotte Brontë, 1873, Evert Duyckinick (based on an 1850 drawing by George Richmond)

“Evening Solace”

“The Missionary”

“The Letter”

“On the Death of Anne Brontë”

“Mementos”

“Winter Stores”

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To learn more about Charlotte Brontë, you may read her biography on the EIL site.

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When will you read Charlotte Brontë’s writing in Excellence in Literature?

E1.4 Focus text: Jane Eyre

E1.4 Honors text: Villette, or another work by Charlotte Brontë

E4.8 Honors text: Jane Eyre (if you did not read it earlier)

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