The brontes

Here's an introduction to the famous literary Brontë family, in particular the novelists Charlotte, Emily, and Anne, with summaries of their novels.

Beef up your Bronte knowledge.

Though much of Charlotte Brontë's life was marked by tragedy, she wrote novels and poems that found great success in her lifetime and are still popular nearly 200 years later.

Charlotte Brontë, a woman whose life was steeped in stifled near-romance, refused to write love as ruly, predictable, or safe.

Have you ever wondered which Brontë heroine you are? Are you a Jane or a Catherine? Take this quiz to find out!

I do believe these ARE the Bronte sisters

Claire Harman says several of the Wuthering Heights author’s character traits – including a dislike of leaving home and bursts of frustration – could indicate autism

Emily falls victim to one of our dumbest ideas about writers.

Though much of Charlotte Brontë's life was marked by tragedy, she wrote novels and poems that found great success in her lifetime and are still popular nearly 200 years later.

Peter Ackroyd writes that “The Brontës,” by Juliet Barker, a comprehensive and sensible biography of Charlotte, Anne, and Emily Brontë, takes a stand against the sisters’ legend.

Charlotte, Emily, or Anne?

Collector Seamus Molloy believes he has bought the only photo of famous authors Charlotte, Anne and Emily Bronte in the entire world after he noticed the picture looked like a painting of the trio.

On the sea.

Charlotte Brontë's masterpiece was originally published in 1847 under the title Jane Eyre: An Autobiography and "edited" under a pen name...

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Emily Jane Bronte (1818 - 1848) was an English novelist and poet, best remembered for her only novel, Wuthering Heights, now considered a classic of English literature. She wrote under the pen name Ellis Bell. Emily was the sister of Charlotte and Anne Bronte, also famous authors. She died of tuberculosis on December 19, 1848, at the age of 30