Not only did this develop their literary abilities, but it was also an escape from their mundane and isolated life in a remote Yorkshire parsonage. Throughout the Brontë sisters’ childhood and adolescence, they spent much of their free time writing prose, poetry and plays set in these worlds. Emily and Anne played with Charlotte and Branwell at first but later seceded to form their imaginary world of Gondal. Angria was an imaginary world created by Charlotte and Branwell when their father gave them a box of 12 toy soldiers, which they named and created stories for. These stories and poems fed their imagination, which the Brontë sisters channeled into the worlds of Angria and Gondal that they created as children.
They had access to many books and read voraciously their library included the Bible, works by Shakespeare, Tales of Arabian Nights, and poetry by Wordsworth, Southey, and Cowper. Michael and All Angels’ Church.Įtching of School for Clergymen’s DaughtersĪlthough they did not have much formal schooling, the Brontë sisters received an intellectually stimulating education at home. In 1820, they moved to the nearby village of Haworth, where Patrick Brontë was appointed the perpetual curate of St.
The family initially lived in the town of Thornton, West Riding of Yorkshire. They also had two older sisters, Maria and Elizabeth, who died of tuberculosis before adulthood, and a brother, Branwell. The eldest of the three, Charlotte, was born in 1816, Emily in 1818, and Anne in 1820. The Brontë FamilyĬharlotte, Emily, and Anne were born to an Irish Anglican clergyman, Patrick Brontë, and his wife, Maria Branwell. From the bleak isolation of their Yorkshire home, these three daughters of a humble clergyman would change English literature forever. Charlotte, Emily, and Anne Brontë were revolutionary writers who pushed boundaries in their work and won recognition despite their society’s prejudice against women authors. Over 150 years have passed since the death of the Brontë sisters, yet their works remain as popular as ever, finding their way into films, music, television, and the classroom. Meet the Brontë Sisters: Literary Sisters of Genius
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