On this day, 170 years ago, on March 31, 1855 (February 14, 1855, the lunar calendar), Charlotte Bronte, author of Jane Eyre and Shirley, passed away. The three Bronte sisters are household names in Britain. Charlotte Bronte's narration of the independent character of women in Jane Eyre, Emily Bronte's description of extreme love and personality in Wuthering Heights, and Anne Bronte's impressive loneliness in Agnes Gray made her famous in the history of British literature. Bronte statue On March 31, 1855, the British novelist died. This novelist, who was born on April 21, 1816 and once served as a teacher, wrote works full of the loneliness, resistance and struggle of poor petty bourgeoisie. He belongs to what Marx once called an "outstanding faction" headed by Dickens. Her masterpiece and first novel,"Jane Eyre"(1847), was loved by readers as soon as it was published, and it still remains so today. There are also "The Teacher"(1857),"Shirley"(1849),"Villette"(1853),"Emma", etc. Illustration of Jane Eyre