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Charlotte Bronte - WIH Mystery Cache

Hidden : 7/11/2018
Difficulty:
1.5 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   micro (micro)

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This is part of the Women in History series, begun by Meandmydogs of NH. DO NOT GO TO THE GIVEN COORDINATES.  The cache is not there.  To get the final coordinates you must read a short profile and solve a puzzle.  All answers are in the essay or can be easily deduced from the material provided.

Born on April 21, 1816, in Thornton, Yorkshire, England, Charlotte Brontë worked as a teacher and governess before collaborating on a book of poetry with her two sisters, Emily and Anne, who were writers as well. In 1847, Brontë published the semi-autobiographical novel Jane Eyre, which was a hit and would become a literary classic. Her other novels included Shirley and Villette. She died on March 31, 1855, in Haworth, Yorkshire, England.

Writer Charlotte Brontë was born on April 21, 1816, in Thornton, Yorkshire, England. Said to be the most dominant and ambitious of the Brontës, Charlotte was raised in a strict Anglican home by her clergyman father and a religious aunt after her mother and two eldest siblings died. She and her sister Emily attended the Clergy Daughter's School at Cowan Bridge, but were largely educated at home. Though she tried to earn a living as both a governess and a teacher, Brontë missed her sisters and eventually returned home.

A writer all her life, Brontë published her first novel, Jane Eyre, in 1847 under the manly pseudonym Currer Bell. Though controversial in its criticism of society's treatment of impoverished women, the book was an immediate hit. She followed the success with Shirleyin 1848 and Villette in 1853.

The deaths of the Brontë siblings are almost as notable as their literary legacy. Her brother, Branwell, and Emily died in 1848, and Anne died the following year.

In 1854, Charlotte married Arthur Bell Nicholls, but died the following year during her pregnancy, on March 31, 1855, in Haworth, Yorkshire, England. The first novel she ever wrote, The Professor, was published posthumously in 1857.

https://www.biography.com/people/charlotte-bront-11919959

 

THE FINAL COORDINATES can be found at N 44 09.ABC W 072 02.DEF

 

ABC.  Wuthering Heights was Charlotte Bronte's most famous book.

True = 958

False = 605

D. Charlotte Bronte was 3D years old at the time of her death.

E.  Charlotte Bronte never married.  

True  = 2

False = 8

F. Charlotte Bronte was born in Thornton New Hampshire in 1816.

True = 5

False = 9

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Additional Hints (Decrypt)

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Decryption Key

A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M
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N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z

(letter above equals below, and vice versa)