Charlotte Bronte (1816-1855), English novelist Canna ' Board embossed lower left

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March 31st 1814'

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Lord Advocate in the reign of Charles II

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Charlotte Bronte (1816-1855), English novelist Canna ' Board embossed lower leftCharlotte 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).