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Branwell Brontë, self-portrait, 1840. The Brontës (/ ˈbrɒntiz /) were a nineteenth-century literary family, born in the village of Thornton and later associated with the village of Haworth in the West Riding of Yorkshire, England. The sisters, Charlotte (1816–1855), Emily (1818–1848) and Anne (1820–1849), are well-known poets and ...
The Brontë children were often left alone together in their isolated home and all began to write stories at an early age. All three sisters were employed at various times as teachers and governesses.
Feb 21, 2022 · The Bronte sisters were the world’s most famous literary family and Haworth Parsonage, now the Brontė Parsonage Museum, was their home from 1820 to 1861. Charlotte, Emily and Anne Brontė were the authors of some of the best-loved books in the English language. Charlotte’s novel Jane Eyre (1847), Emily’s Wuthering Heights (1847), and ...
Jul 28, 2020 · Against a backdrop of incredible personal tragedy, three modest, Victorian women from Yorkshire would forever change the face of English literature. Mel Sherwood reveals the unfortunate and unlikely tale of the world’s greatest literary sisters: Anne, Charlotte and Emily Brontë. Charlotte Brontë steps into her father’s study.
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- Charlotte, Emily, and Anne All Went by Pen Names, and They Were Suspected of Being the Same Person. Charlotte, Emily, and Anne Brontë did not originally publish their works under their own names.
- The Brontës Changed Their Last Name to Disguise Their Irish Heritage. Brontë sounds like a fancy old English type name, doesn’t it? Well, it isn’t. In fact, the Brontës come from an Irish background, and their surname was originally Brunty.
- The Brontë Siblings Were Prolific Writers in Their Childhood. Charlotte, Emily, and Anne, along with their brother Branwell, were educated at home for much of their childhoods.
- The Brontë Siblings Attended a School that Would Later Become the Inspiration for Lowood in Jane Eyre. In September 1824, Charlotte and Emily, along with their sisters Maria and Elizabeth, were sent away to a school for daughters of the clergy in Cowan’s Bridge.
There were to be no direct descendants of the Brontës of Haworth. Patrick Brontë lived on at the Parsonage for a further six years, cared for by his son-in-law, and died there on June 7, 1861, at the age of 84. In 1857, two years after Charlotte's death, her first novel, The Professor, was finally published.
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All three sisters were employed at various times as teachers and governesses. In 1842, Charlotte and Emily went to Brussels to improve their French, but had to return home early after the death of their aunt Elizabeth. Charlotte returned to Brussels an English teacher in 1843-1844. By 1845, the family were back together at Haworth.
