Cool down brontes biography
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As you’d expect, I love biographies of the Brontës, and of writers in general, and I have many favourites (especially the series by Winifred Gerin). One biography that has special importance in many eyes is ‘The Life Of Charlotte Brontë‘ by Elizabeth Gaskell, and tomorrow, the 25th of March, marks the 162nd anniversary of its publication. It’s special because it was written by a woman who knew Charlotte well, and a great writer in her own right; it’s also the first ever biography of the Brontës, published just two years after Charlotte Brontë’s death. Everyone knows this, but in fact this last point isn’t true.
Whilst deep in research for the Charlotte and Ellen book I’m working on last week, I came across a fascinating notice in the Monmouthshire Merlin – it’s for a biography of the Brontë sisters called ‘Jottings on Currer, Ellis and Acton Bell’, and the review dates from May 1856, a year before Elizabeth Gaske
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Brontë family
19th-century literary family
"Brontë" redirects here. For other uses, see Brontë (disambiguation).
The Brontës () were a nineteenth-century literary family, born in the by of Thornton and later associated with the by 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 novelists. Like many contemporary female writers, they published their poems and novels under male pseudonyms: Currer, Ellis, and Acton Bell. Their stories attracted attention for their passion and originality immediately following their publication. Charlotte's Jane Eyre was the first to know success, while Emily's Wuthering Heights, Anne's The Tenant of Wildfell Hall and other works were accepted as masterpieces of literature after their deaths.
The first Brontë children to be born to rector Patrick Brontë and his wife Maria were Maria (1814–1825) and Elizabeth (1815–1825),
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Emily Brontë
English novelist and poet (1818–1848)
Emily Brontë | |
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The only undisputed portrait of Brontë, from a group portrait by her brother Branwell, c. 1834[1] | |
| Born | Emily Jane Brontë (1818-07-30)30 July 1818 Thornton, Yorkshire, England |
| Died | 19 December 1848(1848-12-19) (aged 30) Haworth, Yorkshire, England |
| Resting place | St Michael and All Angels' Church, Haworth, Yorkshire |
| Pen name | Ellis Bell |
| Occupation | |
| Education | Cowan Bridge School, Lancashire |
| Period | 1846–48 |
| Genre | |
| Literary movement | Romantic Period |
| Notable works | Wuthering Heights |
| Parents | Patrick Brontë Maria Branwell |
| Relatives | Brontë family |
Emily Jane Brontë (, commonly;[2] 30 July 1818 – 19 December 1848)[3] was an English novelist and poet who is best known for her only novel, Wuthering Heights, now considered a classic of English literature. She also published a book of poetry with her sisters Charlotte and Anne