Charlotte Bronte, born in 1816, was an English novelist and poet, the eldest of the three Bronte sisters, and one of the nineteenth century's greatest novelists. She is the author of Villette, The Professor, several collections of poetry, and Jane Eyre, one of English literature's most beloved classics. She died in 1855. Mallory Ortberg is the cofounder ... Read moreof The Toast blog and the author of Texts from Jane Eyre. She lives in Oakland, California. Show Less