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Charlotte Bronte (1816-1855), English novelist, 1908-1909. Bronte was the author of Jane Eyre, Shirley, and Villette. The Bronte family of Haworth in Yorkshire was a literary family; Charlotte's sisters Emily and Anne were also writers, and all died young, before they reached 40. From Penrose's Pictorial Annual 1908-1909, An Illustrated Review of the Graphic Arts, volume 14, edited by William Gamble and published by AW Penrose (London, 1908-1909).