![]() ![]() All of the siblings except for Charlotte died of tuberculosis complicated by terrible hygiene (the town’s water supply was contaminated by runoff from the graveyard), as well as alcoholism on Branwell’s part and possible anorexia on the part of the sisters. Anne wrote Agnes Grey and The Tenant of Wildfell Hall, and Emily wrote Wuthering Heights. Charlotte wrote several novels, of which Jane Eyre remains the most famous. Because of their early deaths, when people refer to The Brontë siblings, they are usually referring to Charlotte, Branwell, Anne, and Emily.īranwell trained as a painter and was a published poet, but his real vocation was drinking himself to death as rapidly as possible. Maria and Elizabeth died in boarding school (the model for Lowood in Charlotte’s Jane Eyre ) when they were eleven and ten, respectively. Their mother died when the oldest child, Maria, was only seven years old and Anne, the youngest, was a baby. Originally there were six Brontë siblings: Maria, Elizabeth, Charlotte, Patrick Branwell (who was always called ‘Branwell’ to differentiate him from his father, Patrick), Emily, and Anne. The Brontës were a brilliant but troubled family beset with loss. ![]() Since we all live in different time zones, we gathered around our individual sets, but there was still a certain camaraderie in the air as we asked each other, “Why do these children have flaming halos over their heads?” and yelled, “Branwell, you ass!” at our screens. Monday night, The Bitches gathered around our TV sets to watch To Walk Invisible, a PBS drama about the Brontë siblings.
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