夏洛蒂·勃朗特是19世纪英国著名的小说家。夏洛蒂·勃朗特一生著述不多，主要作品有《教师》、《简·爱》、《谢莉》以及《维莱特》。其中，最著名的要算是《简·爱》。这部小说的问世轰动了整个英国文坛。《简·爱》主要讲述了一位家庭女教师艰难的生活和曲折但却撼人灵魂的爱情故事。夏洛蒂在这部小说中以细腻的笔法，成功地刻画了一个富有爱心、自尊不屈的坚强女性，她不顾社会习俗的约束，勇敢地向双目失明的罗切斯特倾诉了自己的爱慕之情。

本书按照时间顺序，较为详细地介绍了夏洛蒂·勃朗特的生平和创作。书中的文字资料和图片主要来源于大英图书馆和位于约克郡霍沃斯的勃朗特牧师博物馆。除此之外，该书的编者还在书中配有许多具有史料价值的图片，为我们深入研究夏洛蒂·勃朗特的个人生活、作品手稿、作品出版情况、风土人情和社会风貌等提供了宝贵的视觉资料。

Charlotte Brone's life story is almost as well-known as the history of her greatest heroine,Jane Eyre. Few writers have had the facts of their lives so inextricably intertwined with the fiction they created. Charlotte Bronte craved literary success from earliest childhood, when together with her sisters Emily and Anne and brother Branwell, she wrote the famous little books about the Brontes' shared imaginary worlds. She was a celebrated author who won great fame with her semi-autobiographical novels Jane Eyre, Shirley Villette and The Professor; yet the trials of her life, especially the early deaths of her sisters and brother, left her ill-equipped to deal with its demands. Slight of figure, plain of face but for her luminously intelligent eyes, Charlotte Bronte's character was a mix of shyness, ambition, intransigence and profound romanticism. This highly illustrated book provides a fluent account of the extraordinary life of a much-loved genius of English literature.

PREFACE

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

A HAWORTH CHILDHOOD

EDUCATION

THE GOVERNESS

BRUSSELS

POEMS

JANE EYRE

DEATHS

SHIRLEY

VILLETTE

FAME

MARRIAGE

AFTERLIFE

CHRONOLOGY

FURTHER READING

INDEX