n all her novels, Brontë centers the themes around the importance of women’s economic independence. Her work is a reflection of her life and she often puts what she preaches into practice On August 9, 1846, she writes a letter to her friend Ellen Nussey, advising her on how she should live her life as a woman. Brontë states, “I do not wish for you a very rich husband, I should not like you to be regarded by any man ever as ‘a sweet object of charity.’”

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Brontë writes a letter expressing her anxeities that surround the production of Jane Eyre. She fears it will not be succseful and a century and a half later, it is being studied in Universities! An ecerpt from the letter states:

"I am, myself, sensible both of deficiencies of capacity and disadvantages of circumstance which will, I fear, render it somewhat difficult for me to attain popularity as an author. The eminent writers you mention- Mr. Thackeray, Mr. Dickens, Mrs. Marsh etc., doubtless enjoyed facilities for observation such as I have not; certainly they possess a knowledge of the world, whether intuitive or acquired, such as I can lay no claim to- and this gives their writings an importance and a variety greatly beyond what I can offer the public."

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