Editing Charlotte Brontë (section)

==Brussels and Haworth==
[[File:Pensionnat Heger plaque.jpg|thumb|right|Plaque in Brussels, on the [[Centre for Fine Arts, Brussels]]]]
In 1842 Charlotte and Emily travelled to [[Brussels]] to <!-- This article is written in British English, in which "enrol" is correct; do not change to "enroll" -->enrol at the boarding school run by [[Constantin Heger]] (1809–1896) and his wife Claire Zoé Parent Heger (1804–1887). During her time in Brussels, Brontë, who favoured the [[Protestant]] ideal of an individual in direct contact with God, objected to the stern [[Catholicism]] of Madame Heger, which she considered a tyrannical religion that enforced conformity and submission to the Pope.{{sfn|Paddock|Rollyson|2003|p=29}} In return for board and tuition Charlotte taught English and Emily taught music. Their time at the school was cut short when their aunt Elizabeth Branwell, who had joined the family in Haworth to look after the children after their mother's death, died of [[Bowel obstruction|internal obstruction]] in October 1842. Charlotte returned alone to Brussels in January 1843 to take up a teaching post at the school. Her second stay was not happy: she was homesick and deeply attached to Constantin Heger. She returned to Haworth in January 1844 and used the time spent in Brussels as the inspiration for some of the events in ''[[The Professor (novel)|The Professor]]'' and ''[[Villette (novel)|Villette]]''.

After returning to Haworth, Charlotte and her sisters made headway with opening their own boarding school in the family home. It was advertised as "The Misses Brontë's Establishment for the Board and Education of a limited number of Young Ladies" and inquiries were made to prospective pupils and sources of funding. But none were attracted and in October 1844, the project was abandoned.<ref>{{cite book|title= Charlotte Bronte: A Fiery Heart|last= Harman |first=Claire |author-link=Claire Harman (writer) |publisher= Vintage |year= 2015|isbn=978-0-30796208-9 |pages= 206–8}}</ref>