Anne Brontë
Anne Brontë (/ˈbrɒnti/;[2][3] 17 Januar 1820 – 28 Mey 1849) wis a Breetish novelist an poet, the youngest member o the Brontë leeterary faimily.
Anne Brontë | |
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A sketch o Brontë made bi her sister, Charlotte Brontë, circa 1834 | |
Born | 17 Januar 1820 Thornton, West Riding of Yorkshire, Ingland |
Dee'd | 28 Mey 1849 Scarborough, North Riding of Yorkshire, Ingland | (aged 29)
Restin place | St. Mary's Churchyard, Scarborough, North Yorkshire, Ingland |
Pen name | Acton Bell |
Thrift | Poetess, novelist, governess |
Leid | Inglis |
Naitionality | Inglis |
Period | 1836–1849 |
Genre | Feection, poetry |
Leeterar muivement | Realism |
Notable warks | The Tenant o Wildfell Haw |
Relatives | Brontë family |
The dauchter o a puir Erse clergyman in the Kirk o Ingland, Anne Brontë lived maist o her life wi her faimily at the parish o Haworth on the Yorkshire muirs. For a couple o years she went tae a boardin schuil. At the age o 19 she left Haworth an wirked as a govreness atween 1839 an 1845. Efter leavin her teachin poseetion, she fulfilled her leeterar ambitions. She wrote a volume o poetry wi her sisters (Poems bi Currer, Ellis, an Acton Bell, 1846) an twa novels. Agnes Grey, based upon her experiences as a govreness, wis published in 1847. Her seicont an last novel, The Tenant o Wildfell Haw, which is considered tae be ane o the first sustained feminist novels, appeared in 1848. Anne's life wis cut short when she died o pulmonary tuberculosis at the age o 29.
Mainly acause the re-publication o The Tenant o Wildfell Haw wis preventit bi Charlotte Brontë efter Anne's daith, she is less kent than her sisters Charlotte, author o fower novels includin Jane Eyre, an Emily, author o Wutherin Hichts.[4] Houiver her novels, lik thae o her sisters, hae acome classics o Inglis leeteratur.
References
eedit- ↑ "The Novels of Anne Brontë". Michael Armitage. Archived frae the original on 26 November 2014. Retrieved 30 September 2012.
- ↑ American Heritage and Collins dictionaries
- ↑ Columbia Encyclopedia
- ↑ "Ann Brontë Remembered in Scarborough". www.annebronte.scarborough.co.uk. Archived frae the original on 28 Julie 2012. Retrieved 23 August 2012.