The novel gave new truthfulness to victorian fiction She later wrote shirley (1849) and villette (1853) Learn more about bronte’s life and work. We're the home of the famous brontë sisters Explore the house they grew up in and learn the story of these incredible writers. None of the sisters lived to see age 40, but they left behind profound literary legacies
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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