The Life of Charlotte Bronte Charlotte Bronte was born in 1816, the third daughter of the Reverend Patrick Bronte and Maria Branwell Bronte. The couple had a total of six children before Maria Bronte died of cancer in 1821. Reverend Bronte subsequently treated his children Maria, Elizabeth, Charlotte, Patrick Branwell, Emily and Anne harshly. He also had the five girls sent to school in Cowan Bridge. At the school of the Daughters of the Clergy, conditions were terrible. When a fever broke out at school, Maria and Elizabeth died from the disease. As a result, Charlotte, Emily and Anne were withdrawn and returned home. The children's aunt, Aunt Bess, became their new instructor. Although the four children were deeply affected by the death of their two sisters, they filled their free time by striving to realize their imagination. This was perhaps necessary given that their surroundings were the dreary moors of Yorkshire, England. For example, when their father gave Patrick Branwell a box of toy soldiers, they used these miniatures as a source of inspiration to begin their respective writing adventures. Thus the children of Bronte began writing at an early age as a response to the fantasies of their youth. Charlotte Bronte was sent to Roe Head School in 1831. Her father's health was in danger and he wanted his daughter to be able to be financially independent. . Mrs Wooler was head of RoeHead School. There were seven to ten students in the school during the two years Charlotte spent at the school. The school was more like a small family than a boarding school. At first, Charlotte...... middle of paper ......ll, Emily and Anne in 1848. Famous publishers and friends in London supported her, but then 1851, she herself suffered from health problems. He married in 1854 and wrote another novel Villette. In 1855, however, she died of tuberculosis and pregnancy-related complications. Charlotte Bronte was only thirty-nine when she died. He had published some collections of poetry and three novels. The settings of the novels, such as Jane Eyre, contain elements that shaped her life. Such elements are the squalid moors of England. A sense of desperation also characterizes his life and work. Charlotte's personal life was unhappy and, according to her biographer, Elizabeth Gaskell, who was also her age, Charlotte had never had any hope for the future. This undoubtedly influenced the tone and mood of his work.