夏洛蒂·勃朗特是19世紀英國**的小說家。夏洛蒂·勃朗特一生著述不多，主要作品有《教師》、《簡·愛》、《謝莉》以及《維萊特》。其中，***的要算是《簡·愛》。這部小說的問世轟動了整個英國文壇。《簡·愛》主要講述了一位家庭女教師艱難的生活和曲折但卻撼人靈魂的愛情故事。夏洛蒂在這部小說中以細膩的筆法，成功地刻畫了一個富有愛心、自尊不屈的堅強女性，她不顧社會習俗的約束，勇敢地向雙目失明的羅切斯特傾訴了自己的愛慕之情。
本書按照時間順序，較為詳細地介紹了夏洛蒂·勃朗特的生平和創作。書中的文字資料和圖片主要來源於大英圖書館和位於約克郡霍沃斯的勃朗特牧師博物館。除此之外，該書的編者還在書中配有許多具有史料價值的圖片，為我們深入研究夏洛蒂·勃朗特的個人生活、作品手稿、作品出版情況、風土人情和社會風貌等提供了寶貴的視覺資料。

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