Charlotte Brontë (1816-1855) was an English novelist and poet who is most widely acclaimed for her novel 'Jane Eyre' (1847), a literary work that cast a critical eye on Victorian society, norms, and gender inequality. The eldest of the Brontë sisters, Charlotte was born in Thornton, West Yorkshire. Her experiences at the Clergy Daughters' School at Cowan Bridge were later infused into her writing,...