My future husband was becoming to me my whole world; and mo… - Charlotte Brontë

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My future husband was becoming to me my whole world; and more than the world: almost my hope of heaven. He stood between me and every thought of religion, as an eclipse intervenes between man and the broad sun. I could not, in those days, see God for His creature: of whom I had made an idol.

Charlotte Brontë

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Charlotte Brontë (21 April 1816 – 31 March 1855) was an English novelist, the eldest of the three Brontë sisters, who first published her work under the pseudonym Currer Bell.

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Alternative Names: Tree • Florian Wellesley • Lord Charles Albert • Captain Tree • Charles Wellesley • Charlotte Bronte • Currer Bell • Karlotta Bronte • Douro • Mrs. A. B. Nicholls • Charlotte Nicholls • Sharlotta Bronte • Mrs. Arthur Bell NichollsMrs. Arthur Bell Nicholls

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