“I am no bird; and no net ensnares me; I am a free human being with an independent will.”
Charlotte was an English novelist and poet. She first published her works, including Jane Eyre, under the pseudonym (false name) of Currer Bell. In 1846, Charlotte encouraged her sisters to print Poems by Currer, Ellis, and Acton Bell. There was much speculation about the genders of Currer, Ellis, and Acton as many linked the Brontë sisters to the pseudonyms, but the sisters refused to admit it was them, wanting to be taken as seriously as the male writers of the time. Her first novel, The Professor, was rejected by many publishers. It was not printed until 1857. She is famous for her novel Jane Eyre (1847), which was very popular when it was printed. Jane Eyre was a strong story of a plain, brave, clever woman struggling with her passions, reasons, and social condition. She later wrote the books Shirley (1849) and Villette (1853).
