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Anne Brontë (1820–1849)

Author of The Tenant of Wildfell Hall

Includes the names: A. Bronte, Acton Bell, A. Brontë, Ann Bronte, Anne Bronte, Anne Bronte, Anne Brönte, Anne Brontë, Anne Brönte, Anne Brontë ... (see complete list), Anne Brontë, et al Anne Bronte, Anne] [Brontë, Энн Бронте, Anne Brontë, Anne (Acton Bell). Introduction By Mrs. Humphry Wa

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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 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)
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Also wrote under the name Acton Bell.
Do not combine Anne with either or both of her sisters. Thank you.

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The Tenant of Wildfell Hall 6,589 copies, 156 reviews
Agnes Grey 4,683 copies, 151 reviews
Jane Eyre / Wuthering Heights / Agnes Grey 407 copies, 2 reviews
The Complete Novels: Agnes Grey / Jane Eyre / The Professor / Shirley /… 298 copies, 1 review
Wuthering Heights / Jane Eyre / The Tenant of Wildfell Hall 182 copies, 3 reviews
Best Poems of the Brontë Sisters 152 copies, 4 reviews
Agnes Grey / The Tenant of Wildfell Hall 141 copies
Selected Works of the Bronte Sisters (Wordsworth Special Editions) 119 copies, 1 review
The Brontës: Selected Poems (ed. Pamela Norris) 88 copies, 1 review
Poems by Currer, Ellis, and Acton Bell 77 copies, 2 reviews
The Brontës: Selected Poems (ed. Juliet R. V. Barker) 73 copies
The Works of the Brontë Sisters (Wordsworth Poetry Library) 63 copies
Agnes Grey and Poems (Everyman Paperback Classics) 58 copies, 1 review
Jane Eyre / The Tenant of Wildfell Hall / Villette / Wuthering Heights 54 copies
Agnes Grey / Jane Eyre / Villette / Wuthering Heights 51 copies, 1 review
Delphi Complete Works of the Brontës 50 copies, 1 review
High Waving Heather: A Selection of Poems (Author) 47 copies
The Brontë Sisters: Selected Poems of Charlotte, Emily, and Anne Brontë 42 copies
Agnes Grey / Wuthering Heights 37 copies
The Complete Works of the Brontë Family 26 copies
Wuthering Heights / The Tennant of Wildfell Hall / Shirley / Jayne Eyre 20 copies
Ruined Lives: A Selection of Letters 20 copies
Agnes Grey / Villette / Wuthering Heights 18 copies
The Complete Bronte Collection (Wordsworth Box Sets) 11 copies
Wuthering Heights / Agnes Grey / The Tenant of Wildfell Hall / The… (Author) 11 copies
The Complete Poems of Anne Brontë 10 copies, 1 review
The Bronte Deluxe Collection 6 Books Collection Box Set Pack Agnes Grey… 10 copies
The Brontë Collection: Includes Jane Eyre, The Professor, Shirley,… 9 copies
The Complete Works of Charlotte Brontë and Her Sisters 6 copies
The Complete Novels of the Brontë Sisters (8 Novels: Jane Eyre, Shirley,… 6 copies
The Brontë Sisters: The Complete Novels A Biography of the Author… 6 copies
Charlotte, Emily e Anne Bronte: lettere 5 copies, 1 review
Jane Eyre / Wuthering Heights / Agnes Grey / The Professor 5 copies
Agnes Grey / Jane Eyre / The Professor / Wuthering Heights 5 copies
Lettres choisies de la famille Brontë: (1821-1855) 5 copies, 1 review
The Tenant of Wildfell Hall (Volume 2) 5 copies
Jane Eyre / The Professor / The Tenant of Wildfell Hall 4 copies
The Consolation 4 copies
The Complete Works of the Brontë Family 4 copies
Vilette / Jane Eyre / Shirley / The Tenant of Wildfell Hall / Agnes Grey /… 4 copies
The Professor / The Tenant of Wildfell Hall 4 copies
Life and Works of the Brontë Sisters (Thornfield Edition) (Author) 4 copies
The Bronte Collection (Box Set): Boxed Set 3 copies
Agnes Grey [abridged] 3 copies
Poems of Charlotte, Emily, and Anne Brontë with Cottage Poems by Patrick… 3 copies
The Bronte Sisters - The Complete Novels Extras 3 copies
Jane Eyre / The Tenant of Wildfell Hall 3 copies
Lettres illustrées 3 copies
The Tenant of Wildfell Hall (Volume 1) 3 copies
The Brontë Sisters: Selected Poems (Crane Classics) 2 copies
The Complete Novels of the Bronte Sisters 2 copies
Poesie 2 copies
The Anne Brontë Collection: Agnes Grey, The Tenant of Wildfell Hall,… 2 copies
The Works of the Brontë Family 2 copies
Poesie 2 copies
Agnes Grey (in The Brontë Sisters: Three Novels ) 1 copy
Tenant of Wildfell Hall Classics illustrated 1 copy
The Poetry of the Brontës 1 copy
6 Volume Set Jane Eyre, Tenant of Wildfell Hall, Wuthering Heights, Agnes… 1 copy
Poems. (FPFE Series) 1 copy
The Best of the Brontës 1 copy
Agnes Grey, Vol. 3: A Novel (Classic Reprint) 1 copy
The Bronte Collection (Box Set): Boxed Set 1 copy
Poems 1 copy
Bronte Sisters Archive 1 copy
The works of Charlotte, Emily and Anne Brontë : in twelve volumes 1 copy
The Girlebooks Brontë Collection 1 copy
SIX MATCHED VOLUMES BY THE BRONTE SISTERS 1 copy
The Brontë Family Collection: Complete Works of Brontë Family… 1 copy
Poems 1 copy
Complete Works of the Brontes - Every text of Charlotte, Emily, Anne… 1 copy
Obras 1 copy
Brontë Sisters: The Professor / Angrian Tales and Poems / The Tenant of… 1 copy
Brontes Sisters (Great Novels) 1 copy
La signora di Wildfell Hall 1 copy
The Novels of the Sisters Brontë 1 copy
Poems by Anne Brontë (Dodo Press) 1 copy
Taubengraue Tage 1 copy
Agnes Grey; The Professor; Poems 1 copy
The Brontes 1 copy
(all) 1 copy
Appeal [poem] 1 copy
Jane Eyre / Wuthering Heights / Agnes Grey / The Tenant of Wildfell Hall 1 copy
Self Communion/Alexander and Zenobia (annotated) 1 copy, 1 review
Selected Poems of the Brontë Sisters 1 copy
The Bronte Sisters Collection 1 copy
The Complete Works of the Brontë Sisters 1 copy
Agnes Grey / Villette / The Professor 1 copy
The Works of Anne Brontë [Annotated with Critical Essay and Biography] 1 copy
The Brontes: an illustrated selection of prose and poetry 1 copy
Jane Eyre / Agnes Grey 1 copy
The Tenant of Wildfell Hall / The Professor 1 copy
Poems 1 copy
Novels of the Sisters Bronte 1 copy
The Heather edition of the works of the Brontës 1 copy
The Complete Novels of the Bronte Sisters (7 Volume Set) 1 copy
The Great Novels of the Bronte Sisters 1 copy
Agnes Grey / The Tenant of Wildfell Hall / Jane Eyre / The Professor /… 1 copy
The complete novels 1 copy
The Bronte Sisters Four Novels 1 copy
Novels of the Sisters Brontë 1 copy
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Canonical name
Brontë, Anne
Legal name
Brontë, Anne
Other names
Bell, Acton
Date of birth
1820-01-17
Date of death
1849-05-28
Burial location
Saint Mary's Churchyard, Scarborough, North Yorkshire, England
Gender
female
Nationality
England
UK
Country (for map)
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)
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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 for publication of her writing because of 19th-century prejudice against female authors.
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Also wrote under the name Acton Bell.
Do not combine Anne with either or both of her sisters. Thank you.

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