Two weeks before the unseasonably cold Easter of 1855, an entry was inscribed in the death register of a hilltop parish church in a small English village: “Charlotte Nicolls,” female, whose “Rank or Profession” was described as “Wife,” had died aged 38. She was buried without delay in her family’s vault under the church floor. Within 48 hours, newspaper vendors had an exclusive about her. Headlines screamed in inch-high letters: “Currer Bell is Dead.” Bell was Mrs. Nicholls’ pen name. We know her by her maiden name, Charlotte Brontë.
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