The Brontës (/ ˈbrɒntiz /) were a 19th-century literary family, born in the village of Thornton and later associated with the village of Haworth in the West Riding of Yorkshire, England.

Jan 8, 2026 · Charlotte Bronte, English novelist noted for Jane Eyre (1847), a strong narrative of a woman in conflict with her natural desires and social condition. The novel gave new truthfulness to …

Between them, Charlotte, Emily, and Anne Brontë wrote seven books, including 'Jane Eyre', 'Wuthering Heights', and 'The Tenant of Wildfell Hall' respectively. They penned their novels here in the …

Jan 29, 2022 · 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 …

Sep 15, 2025 · None of the sisters lived to see age 40, but they left behind profound literary legacies. The Brontë sisters, Charlotte (1816-1855), Emily (1818-1848) and Anne (1820-1849), wrote bold …

The Bronte Family site explores the life, literature and art of Victorian women writers, Charlotte Bronte and her sisters, Emily Bronte and Anne Bronte.

Brontë was born on April 21, 1816, in Thornton, Yorkshire, England. Said to be the most dominant and ambitious of the Brontës, Charlotte was raised in a strict Anglican home by her clergyman...

Mar 26, 2017 · In 1820, Patrick and Maria Brontë moved their family of six children to Haworth, a hamlet in West Yorkshire ninety kilometers (or fifty-six miles) from the forenamed city.

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6 days ago · Conventionality is not morality. Self-righteousness is not religion. To attack the first is not to assail the last. Charlotte Brontë (21 April 1816 – 31 March 1855) was an English novelist, the eldest …