Friendship however is a plant which cannot be forced — true friendship is no gourd spring up in a night and withering in a day.
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But two miles more and then we rest ! Well, there is still an hour of day, And long the brightness of the west Sit then, awhile, here in this wood So total is the solitude, We safely may delay.
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Birth: | 21st April, 1816 |
Death: | 31st March, 1855 |
Nationality: | British |
Profession: | Novelist, Poet |
Charlotte Bronte was born in Thornton, west of Bradford in the West Riding of Yorkshire. She was an English novelist and poet. She first published her works under the pen name Currer Bell. In 1833 she wrote a novella, The Green Dwarf, using the name Wellesley. In 1848 Charlotte began work on the manuscript of her second novel, Shirley. She spent some time working as a teacher and a governess, and would later use these experiences in her work.
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