Jean Rhys wrote a prequel to this author's major work, which sees the title character sent to live with the harsh Mrs. Reed before arriving at Thornfield.
This author wrote about Louis Gerard Moore's courtship of the owner of Fieldhead, Mrs. Keeldar, in her novel Shirley. In another novel by her, we learn that the brat John grows up to be an alcoholic and dies early, while Helen Burns succumbs to an epidemic of fever. Jean Rhys wrote a prequel to this author's major work, which sees the title character sent to live with the harsh Mrs. Reed before arriving at Thornfield. In that work, a fire reveals that Bertha Mason still lives upstairs. For 10 points, name this writer who created Mr. Rochester in Jane Eyre.
This author wrote about Louis Gerard Moore's courtship of the owner of Fieldhead, Mrs. Keeldar, in her novel Shirley.
{Charlotte Bronte} [prompt on {Bronte}]