Bronte sisters brother

He died in 1861 at the age of 84. Life expectancy was less than 25 years, and many babies died young. Charlotte's Jane Eyre was the first to become popular. The depth of Charlotte's feelings for him wasn't fully known until her letters were published in 1913. John Martin, along with Byron, was a key artistic influence on the Brontës' imaginary worlds.

Anne's Moral Stories

Anne's novels, Agnes Grey and The Tenant of Wildfell Hall, were strongly influenced by her experiences as a governess and her brother's struggles.

The cause of death was likely tuberculosis, possibly made worse by typhoid fever (due to poor sanitation in Haworth) and severe morning sickness from her early pregnancy.

The first biography of Charlotte was written by Elizabeth Gaskell in 1857. During her absence, her father had lost his sight, though he later had successful surgery.

Anne worked as a governess for Mrs. Ingham and then for Mrs. Robinson, where she even found a job for her brother Branwell to try and help him.

Working as Governesses

The family's money was tight, and Aunt Branwell was careful with her spending.

‘I know only,’ Branwell wrote in 1847, the year before he died, ‘that it is time for me to be something when I am nothing.’ There was, recorded Charlotte, an ‘emptiness’ to his ‘whole existence’.

By 1847 Branwell was living on borrowed time.

She died in Haworth at age 30.

‘The only brother in a family of sisters, he was the indulged, spoiled darling of the family’

Born in June 1817, he was the second child (after Charlotte) of the Reverend Patrick and Maria Brontë.

Charlotte was happy there and studied well. While Branwell's talents were squandered in a haze of drink and despair, his sisters channeled their creativity into writing, producing some of the most enduring works of English literature. Emily, however, didn't like her teacher much and was a bit rebellious. He promptly fell in love with Mrs Robinson, who was much older – probably 43 – and already a mother of five.

Partly because of Branwell's poor reputation, the plan for their own school failed and was abandoned.

Charlotte wrote four long, personal letters to Monsieur Héger, but he never replied. Branwell – the failed artist, poet and scholar of Greek; the sacked railwayman, dismissed tutor, disgraced debtor and local drunk – initially included his own likeness and then painted himself out with a pillar.

The pages were filled with tiny, close writing, often without punctuation, and decorated with illustrations, maps, and plans. She faced difficult conditions at Cowan Bridge School and became very ill. The younger children, Emily and Anne, only had faint memories of their mother, especially of her suffering when she was ill.

Elizabeth Branwell

Elizabeth Branwell (1776–1842) was Maria's older sister.

Charlotte, in her thirties, was described as having lost many teeth. on Monday, May 28.