Anne, the youngest member of the Brontë literary family, was born on 17 January 1820. Anne was born in the small Yorkshire village of Thornton on 17 January 1820, the sixth and last child of the Reverend Patrick Brontë, and his wife Maria.
When Charlotte's friend Ellen Nussey visited Haworth in 1833, she reported that Emily and Anne were "like twins", "inseparable companions".
She described Anne: "Anne, dear gentle Anne was quite different in appearance from the others, and she was her aunt's favourite. Her hair was a very pretty light brown, and fell on her neck in graceful curls. She had lovely violet-blue eyes; fine pencilled eyebrows and a clear almost transparent complexion.
Anne is called "gentle" Anne
- But Anne had a 'core of steel'. She was gentle, but also brave.
- She published 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.
- With her sister Emily she created "Gondal".
Here you can find all my posts about Anne Bronte: brontesisters/ANNE-BRONTË
I suppose the Parsonage is closed like everything else at this time. More of Anne's bad luck! Doesn't she ever get a break? I hope they hold over her exhibit when they do open.
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