`` He wasn't the least bit disturbed by my watching him '', said Charlotte.

He was surprised by the sharp sensation he experienced as he approached the pool which Charlotte had mentioned.

After his education, Alexei married, albeit greatly against his will Princess Charlotte of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, whose family was connected by marriage to many of the great families of Europe i. e., Charlotte's sister Elizabeth was married to Holy Roman Emperor Charles VI, ruler of the Habsburg Monarchy.

One of the terms of the marriage contract agreed to by Alexei was that while any forthcoming children were to be raised in the Orthodox faith, Charlotte herself was allowed to retain her Protestant faith ( an agreement that did not sit well at all with Alexei's followers ).

Mainly because the re-publication of The Tenant of Wildfell Hall was prevented by Charlotte Brontë after Anne's death, she is less known than her sisters Charlotte, author of four novels including Jane Eyre, and Emily, author of Wuthering Heights.

Anne Brontë, by Charlotte Brontë, 1834

Charlotte returned to Roe Head as a teacher on 29 July 1835 accompanied by Emily as a pupil ; her tuition largely financed by Charlotte's teaching.

* My Husband the Pig — Countess Charlotte Malcolm ( replaced by the second half of ' In Praise of Women ')

In Florence on 8 September 1787 ( by proxy ) and again in Dresden on 18 October 1787 ( in person ), Anton married a second time with the Archduchess Maria Theresia of Austria ( Maria Theresia Josephe Charlotte Johanna ), daughter of the Grand Duke Leopold I of Tuscany, later Emperor Leopold II.

It was subsequently acquired by George III in 1761 as a private residence for Queen Charlotte, and known as " The Queen's House ".

In 1842 Charlotte and Emily travelled to Brussels to enrol in a boarding school run by Constantin Heger ( 1809 – 96 ) and his wife Claire Zoé Parent Heger ( 1804 – 87 ).

In September 1848 Charlotte's brother, Branwell, died of chronic bronchitis and marasmus exacerbated by heavy drinking, although Charlotte believed his death was due to tuberculosis.

In view of the success of her novels, particularly Jane Eyre, Charlotte was persuaded by her publisher to visit London occasionally, where she revealed her true identity and began to move in a more exalted social circle, becoming friends with Harriet Martineau and Elizabeth Gaskell, and acquainted with William Makepeace Thackeray and G. H. Lewes.

Thackeray ’ s daughter, the writer Anne Isabella Thackeray Ritchie recalled a visit to her father by Charlotte:

Charlotte meanwhile was increasingly attracted to the intense attachment displayed by Nicholls, and by January 1854 had accepted his proposal.

Charlotte became pregnant soon after the marriage but her health declined rapidly and according to Gaskell, she was attacked by " sensations of perpetual nausea and ever-recurring faintness.

The fragment of a new novel she had been working on in her last years has been twice completed by recent authors, the more famous version being Emma Brown: A Novel from the Unfinished Manuscript by Charlotte Brontë by Clare Boylan in 2003.

:* Emma, by " Charlotte Brontë and Another Lady ", published 1980 ; although this has been attributed to Elizabeth Goudge, the actual author was Constance Savery.

File: Charlotte Brontë. jpg | A postum idealized portrait by Duyckinick, 1873, based on a drawing by George Richmond

Von Trier announced that after finishing Melancholia he hopes to begin production of The Nymphomaniac, a two-part film about the sexual awakening of a woman ( Charlotte Gainsbourg ).

Eventually, six teams were chosen for the tournament: all three division winners, and three wild cards ; however, the 9-11 Philadelphia Bell were awarded a wild card despite finishing one game behind the 10-10 Charlotte Hornets in the Eastern Division, as the Hornets could not afford to travel to Orlando for the first round.

Even before his service, Hanna had fallen in love with Charlotte Augusta Rhodes, whom he met in 1862, shortly after her return from a finishing school.

The Miami Heat, an expansion to the NBA along with the Charlotte Hornets, were now in their second-year in need of some offensive help after finishing last in the NBA in points per game in 1988-89.

After finishing a respectable 50 – 32 in the 2000 – 01 season, the Heat were swept by the Charlotte Hornets in the first round of the NBA playoffs.

Their second season, 1999, was a major improvement, with the team winning 10 of their 18 regular season games, and finishing fourth in the Atlantic Division behind Charlotte Eagles, with striker Tim Prisco scoring a team-leading 14 goals.

He finished a disappointing 30th in the Coca-Cola 600 at Charlotte, but rebounded at Dover, finishing third.

After finishing second to Orlando Cepeda in batting average in the Puerto Rico leagues in winter ball, Oliva was sent to single-A Charlotte in the South Atlantic League, where he played 127 games and hit. 350 with 17 homeruns and 93 RBI.

Gant made his first Cup start in 1973 at Charlotte Motor Speedway, finishing eleventh in the # 90 Truxmore Industries Ford.

Yarborough went on to finish fourth in the standings, winning four races, including the Coca-Cola 500 at Pocono Raceway and the National 500 at Charlotte Motor Speedway, one pole, and finishing third in the IROC VI standings.

During the season, he accumulated four pole positions ( Darlington, Pocono, Charlotte, and Atlanta ), one win ( Pocono ), and fifteen top 10s on his way to finishing tenth in season points.

He ran for Governor in 1996, finishing second to Charlotte Pritt among a large group of candidates in the Democratic primary election.

In October, Irvan drove the # 56, again sponsored by Dale Earnhardt, in his first Winston Cup start at Charlotte, starting 36th, leading Lap 128, and finishing 8th.

Purvis had a career season, finishing 9th at Atlanta and Charlotte, 12th at Michigan, and then back at Charlotte, he set his career best finish of 3rd.

Moroso made his debut in Winston Cup in 1988 at Charlotte with Peak Antifreeze sponsorship, finishing 14th in his debut.

He would end up finishing third in the NASCAR Winston Cup Rookie of the Year award standings for the 2000 season. He would return to the Busch Series in 2000 with a limited schedule in BDR ’ s # 20 AT & T Pontiac, gaining a pole position at Charlotte and also finish 3rd twice.

It was even suggested by tabloid paper The Sun that he began a relationship with Charlotte Riley shortly after finishing work on The Take, and that he left his partner of two years and mother of his infant son to be with Riley.

The following season, Little made his first full-time attempt at winning the Cup championship, qualifying for 28 out of 29 races and posting a tenth-place finish at Charlotte Motor Speedway, finishing 27th in points.

He ran 26 of 31 races in the # 31 Hardee's Chevy for Alan Dillard, Jr., winning his first career pole at Charlotte Motor Speedway and finishing thirty-fifth in standings.

He would go on to finish outside of the top 10 once at dover finishing in the top 20 and rebounded with finishes of 10th and 3rd at Charlotte and Kansas respectively.

Bodine did not run the Trucks again until 2004, when he competed for Fiddleback Racing at Charlotte, finishing 20th and also ran for HT Motorsports's # 59 Dodge at Kansas with a 15th.

In 1984, Pressley made his NASCAR debut in the Busch Series at Charlotte Motor Speedway, finishing 26th.

Reeves made his first start in the Indy Racing League at the Charlotte Motor Speedway in North Carolina on July 25 of that year, finishing an impressive 10th for Pagan Racing.