The novel gave new truthfulness to victorian fiction She later wrote shirley (1849) and villette (1853) Learn more about bronte’s life and work. Patrick brontë was their father Originally from county down in ireland, he was the reverend of haworth church and encouraged the education of his daughters None of the sisters lived to see age 40, but they left behind profound literary legacies
The bronte family site explores the life, literature and art of victorian women writers, charlotte bronte and her sisters, emily bronte and anne bronte. Read a biography on the 19th century authors the bronte sisters responsible for the famous novels 'jane eyre' and 'wuthering heights' Although ostensibly the brontë children lived a lonely childhood, they found plenty to occupy themselves They played complex imaginary games and wrote them down in the form of poems, letters, and handmade books two inches tall.
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