Bronte;
Emily bronte's sister. Born in Yorkshire, northern England, an isolated place.
Definitely in the village. Father is a poor priest. She and several other sisters were sent to a boarding school, where living conditions were poor and religious regulations were strict. Charlotte worked as a teacher and tutor, and also went to Brussels, Belgium to study French and classical literature with her sister Emily at 1842.
Charlotte's works mainly describe the loneliness, resistance and struggle of the poor petty bourgeoisie, and belong to the "excellent school" headed by Dickens as Marx said. Jane Eyre is her first novel and masterpiece, and it is still welcomed by readers.
Charlotte Brontexq's four love letters were recently exhibited to the public in her former residence in Yorkshire. Experts say they are one of the most touching love letters in English literature.
These love letters were written in 1844, with a history of 160 years. They have been collected in British libraries for a century. In the past, only scholars could see them, but now these love letters have finally returned to the house where they were born.
Charlotte was very depressed and miserable when she wrote these letters. Their recipient is a man named Haig (Constantine
Heger), a Belgian professor, Charlotte worked as a tutor at his home in Brussels two years ago. At that time, Haig was very enthusiastic to help Charlotte, teach her to improve her writing skills and give her encouragement. Charlotte obviously misunderstood his enthusiasm.
When Haig received these love letters, he tore them up and threw them into the wastebasket. However, his suspicious wife picked out the pieces of paper and glued them together again in an attempt to use them as evidence for Charlotte to seduce her husband. These love letters have been preserved in this way, and there are still traces of tearing on them. Before Haig died, his daughter showed him these love letters again. Haig tried to destroy them for the second time, but failed. After his death, his son donated them to the British Museum.
These love letters written in French are the best testimony of Charlotte Brontexq's painful youth and have high historical value. They are also important reference materials for studying Charlotte's novel villette. In this novel, Charlotte describes a young English woman who unfortunately falls in love with a Belgian teacher. Like the simple and melancholy heroine in the novel, Charlotte admitted in these letters that she was suffering from unrequited love.
In a letter, she wrote: "If you break off your friendship with me, I will be completely desperate." Another letter reflects her naive misunderstanding of Haig's concern: "I don't know what to do in the face of ubiquitous friendship ... I hold it as if I were holding my life."
Three years later, 1847, Jane Eyre was published, and Charlotte Brontexq became famous. Later, she published several successful novels until 1855 when she died at the age of 38. Haig lived to 1896 and became one of the most famous professors at the Royal Belgian Academy. At that time, 4 1 year had passed since his unfortunate admirer died.