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.’”