Three writers who influenced the direction of the English novel also happened to be sisters. Charlotte, Emily, and Anne Bronte were all born in Thornton, England in the early 1800s. The Bronte sisters worked in various schools during theirearly adult life.
In the fall of 1845, Charlotte discovered some poems written by Emily. Charlotte, Emily, and Anne soon realized they had all been secretly writing verse. The next year, they published a book of poems at their own
expense entitled Poems by Currer, Ellis, and Acton Bell. The pseudonyms were chosen to match the first letter of their names. They only sold two copies of the book, but each sister already had additional writing plans in the works.
expense entitled Poems by Currer, Ellis, and Acton Bell. The pseudonyms were chosen to match the first letter of their names. They only sold two copies of the book, but each sister already had additional writing plans in the works.
Charlotte's first novel was entitled TheProfessor , but the story was rejected by publishers. Her second novel was published in October, 1847. Jane Eyre: An Autobiography was an immediate success. Several months later Anne's Agnes Grey and Emily's Wuthering Heights were published together in three volumes. The popularity of the Bronte novels allowed Anne's The Tenant of Wildfell Hall to be published shortly thereafter.
Emily then fell ill and died of tuberculosis December 19, 1848. Anne soon followed, contracting tuberculosis that same year and dying May 28, 1949. Charlotte continued to live virtually alone and completed Shirley:
A Tale. Charlotte passed away in 1855.
A Tale. Charlotte passed away in 1855.
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