Brontë family

Anne, Emily and Charlotte Brontë, by their brother Branwell (c. 1834). He painted himself with his sisters, but he later removed himself so the picture was not cluttered. National Portrait Gallery, London
Branwell Brontë, self-portrait, 1840

The Brontës (/ˈbrɒntiz/) were a nineteenth-century literature family. They were born in Thornton. Later, they moved to Haworth in the West Riding of Yorkshire, England. The sisters, Charlotte (1816–1855), Emily (1818–1848) and Anne (1820–1849), are popular poets and writers. They could not use their own names when writing, because otherwise their works would not be taken seriously. They published their poems and novels under male names: Currer, Ellis, and Acton Bell. Their stories had lots of passion and quickly became popular. Charlotte's Jane Eyre was the first of their popular books. Emily's Wuthering Heights, Anne's The Tenant of Wildfell Hall and other works became popular after their deaths.

Family tree

Hugh BruntyAlice McCloryAnne CarneThomas BranwellJane BranwellJohn Fennell
Patrick Brontë
1777–1861		Maria Branwell
1783–1821		Elizabeth Branwell
1776–1842		Jane BranwellJohn Kingston
1769–1824		Jane Branwell Fennell
1791–1827		William Morgan
1782–1858
Maria Brontë
1814–1825		Elizabeth Brontë
1815–1825		Arthur Bell Nicholls
1819–1906		Charlotte Brontë
1816–1855		Branwell Brontë
1817–1848		Emily Brontë
1818–1848		Anne Brontë
1820–1849

References

Bibliography

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  • Gaskell, Elizabeth (1857). The Life of Charlotte Brontë.
  • Hoare, Neil; Kathryn Sutherland Joan Winterkorn and Friends of the National Libraries (Great Britain). 2023. The Blavatnik Honresfield Library : Saved for the Nation. Reading: Friends of the National Libraries.
  • Peters, Margot (August 1977). Unquiet Soul: Biography of Charlotte Brontë. Futura Publications. ISBN 9780860075608.
  • Smith Kenyon, Karen (April 2002). The Brontë Family: Passionate Literary Geniuses. Lerner Publications. ISBN 0-8225-0071-X.

Other websites

Wikisource has the text of the 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica article Brontë, Charlotte, Emily, and Anne.