Anne Brontë
Writer
Anne Brontë (/ˈbrɒnti/, commonly /ˈbrɒnteɪ/; 17 January 1820 – 28 May 1849) was an English novelist and poet, the youngest member of the Brontë literary family.The daughter of a poor Irish clergyman in the Church of England, Anne Brontë lived most of her life with her family at the parish of Haworth on the Yorkshire moors. She also attended a boarding school for several years. At 19 she left Haworth and worked as a governess between 1839 and 1845. After leaving her teaching position, she fulfilled her literary ambitions. She wrote a volume of poetry with her sisters (Poems by Currer, Ellis, and Acton Bell, 1846) and two novels. Agnes Grey, based upon her experiences as a governess, was published in 1847. Her second and last novel, The Tenant of Wildfell Hall, which is considered to be one of the first sustained feminist novels, appeared in 1848. Like her poems, both of her novels were first published under the masculine penname of Acton Bell. Anne's life was cut short when she died of pulmonary tuberculosis at 29.Mainly because the re-publication of The Tenant of Wildfell Hall was prevented by Charlotte Brontë after Anne's death, she is less known than her sisters Charlotte, author of four novels including Jane Eyre, and Emily, author of Wuthering Heights.However, her novels, like those of her sisters, have become classics of English literature.
Personal facts
| Alias (AKA) | Bell Acton |
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| Pseudonym | Acton Bell |
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| Birth date | January 17, 1820 |
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| Birth place | West Riding of Yorkshire , Thornton West Yorkshire |
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| Date of death | May 28, 1849 |
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| Place of death | North Riding of Yorkshire , Scarborough North Yorkshire |
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| Resting place | Scarborough North Yorkshire |
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