Anne Brontë

Also known as Acton Bell, Ann Brontë, Anne Bronte, Ann Bronte, Annie Bronte

British novelist and poet (1820-1849)

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Anne Brontë was a British novelist and poet who lived from 1820 to 1849 and is remembered as one of the three famous Brontë sisters. She matters as a literary figure whose works contributed to 19th-century English literature during a period when few women were recognized as serious writers.

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Born: 1820
Died: 1849
Works: 262

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The novels of the sisters Brontë ...
The Shakespeare Head Brontë
Wuthering Heights, by Ellis Bell [pseud.] and Agnes Grey, by Acton Bell [pseud.] with a preface, and memoir of both authors
Stories from Angria, The professor, Emma, Poems
Poems by Charlotte, Emily and Anne Brontë, now for the first time printed

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Type: Person
Gender: Female
Origin: United Kingdom
Active from: 1820-01-17
Active to: 1849-05-28

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Listeners: 89
Total plays: 1,955

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Anne Brontë (pron.: /ˈbrɒnti/; 17 January 1820 – 28 May 1849) was a British novelist and poet, the youngest member of the Brontë literary family. The daughter of a poor Irish clergyman in the Church of England, Anne Brontë lived most of her life with her family at the parish of Haworth on the Yorkshire moors. For a couple of years she went to a boarding school. At the age of 19 she left Haworth and worked as a governess between 1839 and 1845. <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Anne+Bront%C3%AB">Read more on Last.fm</a>

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Quotes

“I have no horror of death: if I thought it inevitable I think I could quietly resign myself to the prospect ... But I wish it would please God to spare me not only for Papa's and Charlotte's sakes, but because I long to do some good in the world before I leave it. I have many schemes in my head for future practice – humble and limited indeed – but still I should not like them all to come to nothing, and myself to have lived to so little purpose. But God's will be done.”
“Yet, should thy darkest fears be true, If Heaven be so severe, That such a soul as thine is lost, Oh! how shall I appear?”
“My soul is awakened, my spirit is soaring And carried aloft on the wings of the breeze; For above and around me the wild wind is roaring, Arousing to rapture the earth and the seas.”
“I wish I could see how the ocean is lashing The foam of its billows to whirlwinds of spray; I wish I could see how its proud waves are dashing, And hear the wild roar of their thunder today!”
“You may rejoice to think yourselves secure, You may be grateful for the gift divine, That grace unsought which made your black hearts pure And fits your earthborn souls in Heaven to shine. But is it sweet to look around and view Thousands excluded from that happiness, Which they deserve at least as much as you, Their faults not greater nor their virtues less?”
“That none deserve eternal bliss I know: Unmerited the grace in mercy given, But none shall sink to everlasting woe That have not well deserved the wrath of Heaven.”

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date of birth: 1820-01-17
date of death: 1849-05-28
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pseudonym: Acton Bell
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start of work period: 1836-00-00
name in native language: Anne Brontë
end of work period: 1900-01-01
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Works in European collections

4 objects attributed to Anne Brontë, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana

Agnes Grey

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Anne Brontë (/ˈbrɒnti/, commonly /-teɪ/; 17 January 1820 – 28 May 1849) was an English novelist and poet. A member of the Brontë literary family, she was the younger sister of Charlotte, Emily, and Branwell. Anne is known for her 1847 novel Agnes Grey and for her 1848 novel The Tenant of Wildfell Hall, which is considered to be one of the first feminist novels.

Anne was the last of six children born to Maria Brontë (née Branwell), the daughter of a Cornish merchant, and Patrick Brontë, an Irish clergyman. Her mother died when Anne was one year old, and her two eldest sisters, Maria and Elizabeth, died when she was four. She lived most of her life with her father and three surviving siblings in Haworth, Yorkshire, where her father served as perpetual curate, leaving to attend boarding school in Mirfield between 1836 and 1837 and to work as a governess for a number of families between 1839 and 1845. In 1846, she and her sisters, Charlotte and Emily, published a book of poetry, writing under the pseudonyms Acton, Currer, and Ellis Bell. Anne's first novel, Agnes Grey, was published as one of a three-volume set which also included Wuthering Heights by her sister Emily. The Tenant of Wildfell Hall was published a year later.