Charlotte Brontë

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Lived: 1816 – 1855
Era: 19th century
Place: Haworth, Yorkshire, England

English novelist; Jane Eyre (1847) gave a plain voice to dignity and an independent will.

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I am no bird; and no net ensnares me: I am a free human being with an independent will.
— Charlotte BrontëCourage
I would always rather be happy than dignified.
— Charlotte BrontëCourage
I care for myself. The more solitary, the more friendless, the more unsustained I am, the more I will respect myself.
— Charlotte BrontëStrength