Charlotte Bronte Quotes


There are certain phrases potent to make my blood boil -- improper influence! What old woman's cackle is that?" "Are you a young lady?" "I am a thousand times better: I am an honest woman, and as such I will be treated.


Citations

Brontë, Charlotte. Shirley. Smith, Elder, and Co., 1849.

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Charlotte Bronte
Charlotte Bronte
  • Born: April 21, 1816
  • Died: March 31, 1855
  • Nationality: British
  • Profession: Novelist, Poet, Governess

Charlotte Brontë was an English novelist and poet, the eldest of the three Brontë sisters who survived into adulthood and whose novels became classics of English literature.