Surprisingly, the enduring myth of the Brontės living a life of unrelieved isolation and tragedy was, to some extent, created unintentionally by the Brontės themselves. The Brontės, published under the pseudonyms of Currer, Ellis and Acton Bell, were acknowledged at the time for their directness and powerful emotional energy, qualities which were sometimes interpreted by the critics as ‘coarse’ and ‘brutal’. Patrick Brontė, and brother Branwell also saw their own works in print. Charlotte and Emily Bronte are ranked among the world’s greatest novelists Anne is a powerful underrated author, and both their father, the Revd.
To find two writers of genius in one family would be rare, but to find several writers in one household is unique in the history of literature. Charlotte’s novel Jane Eyre (1847), Emily’s Wuthering Heights (1847), and Anne’s The Tenant of Wildfell Hall (1848) were written in this house over a hundred and fifty years ago, yet their power still moves readers today. 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 later to be accepted as masterpieces of literature.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.Ĭharlotte, Emily and Anne Brontė were the authors of some of the best-loved books in the English language. Their stories immediately attracted attention, although not always the best, for their passion and originality. Like many contemporary female writers, they originally published their poems and novels under male pseudonyms: Currer, Ellis, and Acton Bell. The sisters, Charlotte, Emily, and Anne are well known as poets and novelists. The Brontes were a nineteenth-century literary family associated with the village of Thornton in the West Riding of Yorkshire, England. Octavo, 12 volumes, bound in three quarter calf by Bayntun, gilt titles and tooling to the spine, raised bands, top edge gilt, marbled endpapers, illustrated. The Thornton edition of the Sisters Bronte. The Sisters Bronte: The Professor Jane Eyre Villette Shirley Tenant of Wildfell Hall Agnes Grey Wuthering Heights.īRONTE, Charlotte.
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