Anne bronte grey7/5/2023 She was the last of the six children of Maria Branwell and Patrick Brontë, who was an Irish Anglican clergyman. Early Life and FamilyĪnne Brontë was born on 17 January 1820 in Market Street, Thornton, west of Bradford in the West Riding of Yorkshire. After her death, her sister Charlotte prevented the republication of her book The Tenant of Wildfell Hall, which is why Anne’s work is not as well known as her sisters. It is thought she died from tuberculosis. She originally published her works under the name of Acton Bell, along with her sisters who also had pseudonyms, but they admitted to them in 1848 and were celebrated in London literary circles.Īnne died in 1849 while in Scarborough. She is the youngest of the Brontë sisters and was considered to have written the first sustained feminist novel.Īnne worked for most of her life as a governess, before she published her first book of poems with her sisters. Notable Works: Agnes Grey (1847), The Tenant of Wildfell Hall (1848)Īnne Brontë (17 January 1820 – ) was an English novelist and poet, best known for her two novels Agnes Grey and The Tenant of Wildfell Hall.Born: January 17, 1820, Thornton, England.
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