The oldest surviving daughter in the renowned Bronte literary family, she wrote the famous novel, Jane Eyre, under the pen name of Currer Bell. Her later works include Villette and Shirley. She began her education at the Clergy Daughters' School at Cowan Bridge in Lancashire, England. Health conditions at the institution were poor, and Charlotte Bronte's older sisters, Maria and Elizabeth, both died of tuberculosis during their time at the school. Charlotte and one of her two remaining sisters, Emily, later studied at a boarding school in Brussels, Belgium.
