Anne Brontë (1820–1849)
Author of The Tenant of Wildfell Hall
About the Author
Anne Bronte was the daughter of an impoverished clergyman of Haworth in Yorkshire, England. Considered by many critics as the least talented of the Bronte sisters, Anne wrote two novels. Agnes Grey (1847) is the story of a governess, and The Tenant of Wildfell Hall (1848), is a tale of the evils of show more drink and profligacy. Her acquaintance with the sin and wickedness shown in her novels was so astounding that Charlotte Bronte saw fit to explain in a preface that the source of her sister's knowledge of evil was their brother Branwell's dissolute ways. A habitue of drink and drugs, he finally became an addict. Anne Bronte's other notable work is her Complete Poems. Anne Bronte died in 1849. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
Disambiguation Notice:
Also wrote under the name Acton Bell.
Do not combine Anne with either or both of her sisters. Thank you.
Works by Anne Brontë
The Complete Novels: Agnes Grey / Jane Eyre / The Professor / Shirley / The Tenant of Wildfell Hall / Villette /… (2012) 329 copies
Wuthering Heights / Agnes Grey / The Tenant of Wildfell Hall / The Professor (1980) — Author — 12 copies
The Brontë Collection: Includes Jane Eyre, The Professor, Shirley, Villette, Wuthering Heights, Agnes Grey, The Tenant… (1905) 9 copies
The Complete Novels of the Brontë Sisters (8 Novels: Jane Eyre, Shirley, Villette, The Professor, Emma, Wuthering… (2013) 7 copies
The Brontë Sisters: The Complete Novels A Biography of the Author (The Greatest Writers of All Time) (2017) 6 copies
Agnes Grey; The Professor; Poems 4 copies
Vilette / Jane Eyre / Shirley / The Tenant of Wildfell Hall / Agnes Grey / Wuthering Heights 4 copies
The Anne Brontë Collection: Agnes Grey, The Tenant of Wildfell Hall, Collected Poems (2020) 3 copies
The Bronte Sisters Collection 3 copies
The Works of the Brontë Family 2 copies
Poesie 2 copies
Self-communion : a poem 1 copy
Poems. (FPFE Series) 1 copy
6 Volume Set Jane Eyre, Tenant of Wildfell Hall, Wuthering Heights, Agnes Grey, Professor, Poems, Miscellanea, Shirley,… (1949) 1 copy
(all) 1 copy
Brontë Sisters: The Professor / Angrian Tales and Poems / The Tenant of Wildfell Hall / Agnes Grey / Wuthering Heights… (1963) 1 copy
The Brontë Family Collection: Complete Works of Brontë Family (Annotated and Illustrated) (Annotated… (2013) 1 copy
The Brontes 1 copy
Tenants Agnes Grey, The 1 copy
Dreams and Other Poems 1 copy
Obras 1 copy
Bronte Sisters Archive 1 copy
Associated Works
The Professor to Which is Added the Poems of Currer, Ellis, and Acton Bell (1862) — Author — 14 copies
Romance Classics: Jane Eyre / Mansfield Park / Lorna Doone / Far from the Madding Crowd / Middlemarch / Agnes Grey (1928) — Contributor — 4 copies
The Professor / Tales from Angria / Emma: A Fragment / Selected Poems by Charlotte, Emily, and Anne Brontë (1954) — Contributor — 1 copy
90 Masterpieces You Must Read (Vol.1): Novels, Poetry, Plays, Short Stories, Essays, Psychology & Philosophy (2020) — Contributor — 1 copy
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Common Knowledge
- Canonical name
- Brontë, Anne
- Legal name
- Brontë, Anne
- Other names
- BELL, Acton
BRONTË, Anne
BRONTE, Anne - Birthdate
- 1820-01-17
- Date of death
- 1849-05-28
- Burial location
- Saint Mary's Churchyard, Scarborough, North Yorkshire, England, UK
- Gender
- female
- Nationality
- UK
- Country (for map)
- England, UK
- Birthplace
- Thornton, Yorkshire, England, UK
- Place of death
- Scarborough, England, UK
- Cause of death
- tuberculosis
- Places of residence
- Haworth, Yorkshire, England, UK
Scarborough, England, UK - Education
- home
Roe Head, Mirfield, Yorkshire, England, UK - Occupations
- governess
novelist
poet
author
writer - Relationships
- Brontë, Emily (sister)
Brontë, Charlotte (sister)
Brontë, Branwell (brother)
Brontë, Patrick (father) - Awards and honors
- Blue Plaque
- Short biography
- Anne was the youngest of the Brontë siblings. She worked as a governess and wrote stories and poetry with her sisters. Her literary reputation is based mainly on the two novels she published before her untimely death at age 29. Like her older sisters, she used a masculine-sounding pseudonym, Acton Bell, for publication of her writing because of 19th-century prejudice against female authors.
- Disambiguation notice
- Also wrote under the name Acton Bell.
Do not combine Anne with either or both of her sisters. Thank you.
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Tenant in The Brontës (March 2013)
1001 Group Read August, 2012: Agnes Grey in 1001 Books to read before you die (August 2012)
MAY group read: AGNES GREY - General Thread in The 11 in 11 Category Challenge (June 2011)
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