Google Dedicates A Doodle For Charlotte Bronte[/b]
Google has created a doodle to celebrate the 198th birthday of author Charlotte Bronte
The American internet giant has devised one of its iconic illustrations to commemorate Bronte, best known for her 1847 masterpiece of Gothic fiction, Jane Eyre. The doodle shows the book's title character leaving remote Thornfield Hall, where she takes up a position as governess. Born in Thornton, Yorkshire on April 21, 1816, Charlotte was the eldest of the three Bronte sisters, all of whom became writers. Jane Eyre was her best known work, although she did have two other novels, Shirley and Villette, published during her lifetime. Charlotte died during pregnancy in Haworth, Yorkshire, on March 1, 1855. She was aged just 38.
She went on to write one of the most famous novels in the English language, Jane Eyre. Originally published as Jane Eyre: An Autobiography in 1847, under the pen name Currer Bell, the book is the story of the titular character Jane, a willful young orphan raised by Mrs. Reed, her cruel, wealthy aunt. The book follows Jane through school life to adulthood where she meets a dark, impassioned man named Rochester, with whom Jane finds herself falling in love. The novel has had a wide influence and has been adapted on a number of occasions for television and theatre, also drawing a number of reinterpretations and rewritings, including novels such as Jean Rhys's Wide Sargasso Sea. It remains one of the most popular British novels, ranking at number 10 on the BBC's survey The Big Read.
The Google Doodle appears to depict Jane Eyre fleeing Rochester's residence Thornfield after their abortive attempt to be married.
Google has created a doodle to celebrate the 198th birthday of author Charlotte Bronte
The American internet giant has devised one of its iconic illustrations to commemorate Bronte, best known for her 1847 masterpiece of Gothic fiction, Jane Eyre. The doodle shows the book's title character leaving remote Thornfield Hall, where she takes up a position as governess. Born in Thornton, Yorkshire on April 21, 1816, Charlotte was the eldest of the three Bronte sisters, all of whom became writers. Jane Eyre was her best known work, although she did have two other novels, Shirley and Villette, published during her lifetime. Charlotte died during pregnancy in Haworth, Yorkshire, on March 1, 1855. She was aged just 38.
The Google Doodle appears to depict Jane Eyre fleeing Rochester's residence Thornfield after their abortive attempt to be married.