The Brontës' Page
Anne, Emily and Charlotte Brontë
Original in the National Portrait Gallery, London.
Major Works
'Currer, Ellis, and Acton Bell', Poems.1846. On Line
Charlotte Brontë ( 1816-1855 ).
Jane Eyre ( 1847 ). On Line
See also Norton (2nd) Critical Edition, Richard J. Dunn, Editor. Norton, 1987.
Shirley ( 1849 ). On Line
Villette ( 1853 ). On Line
The Professor ( 1857 ). Written and rejected in 1847, so her first novel. On Line
Emily Jane Brontë ( 1818-1848 ).
Wuthering Heights ( 1847 ). On Line;
Another On-Line Text.
See also Norton (3rd) Critical Edition, Richard J. Dunn, Editor. Norton, 1990.
Anne Brontë ( 1820-1849 ).
Agnes Grey ( 1847 ). On Line
The Tenant of Wildfell Hall ( 1848 ). On Line
Available in Oxford World's Classics and Penguin editions.
About the Brontës
Edward Chitham, A Life of Emily Brontë. Blackwell, 1987.
Rebecca Fraser, The Brontës: Charlotte Brontë and Her Family. Ballantine, 1987.
Elizabeth Gaskell, The Life of Charlotte Brontë. Originally published in 1857.Reprint edited by Angus Easson. Oxford, 1996. Also available on line.
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Winifred Gérin, Emily Brontë. Oxford, 1978.
Felicia Gordon, A Preface to the Brontës. Longman, 1989.
Arthur Pollard, The Landscape of the Brontës. With photographs by Simon McBride. Grange Books, 1992. A good book for sense of place.
Margot Peters, Unquiet Soul: A Biography of Charlotte Brontë. Atheneum, 1986.
Anne Brontë Web Site from U. Penn.
Brontë Country
. Beautiful pictures and links in this and the two following locations. Pictures of the Yorkshire moors, of Haworth , of Haworth church, and of the Brontë birthplace in Thornton.
The Brontë Birthplace
Haworth - West Yorkshire
Charlotte; Emily; Anne from The Victorian Web.
The Brontë Sisters Web from Mitsuharu Matsuoka (Japan).
Charlotte Brontë Criticism from Internet Public Library.
Emily Brontë Criticism from Internet Public Library.
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