Maria Branwell (1783-1821) was Charlotte, Branwell, Emily and Anne Brontë’s mother. We don’t know much about her, and even in the Anglo-Saxon world there is very little information about her life. What we do know is the fact that she was born in Cornwall and that she spent a part of her life in Yorkshire …
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Emily Brontë: is there a second novel?
Emily Brontë died on this day in 1848. She has always been the most mysterious of the Brontë sisters. There are no evidences of any important relationships ouside the ones she had in her own family; we don’t know how she used to spend her time during her long walks on the moors. Even her well-known …
In the Footsteps of Anne Brontë: St Mary’s Church
Standing below Scarborough Castle, St Mary’s Church is an ancient medieval church built in 1150. It came to be a place of the Brontës’ story after Anne Brontë’s death in Scarborough, when in 1849 she was buried in the church’s graveyard on the hill. While her family lie under the vault inside St. Michael and All Angels in …
The Brontë sisters in TVshows- from Downton Abbey to Sex Education
Besides the Brontë sisters we also do love tv series so much. If you too share these passions, we bet that also you pay attention to possible Brontë quotes in tv shows while watching them. You’ll never believe how many references to the Brontës we’ve found in tv series, sometimes we couldn’t believe it ourselves. They are often …
Gentleman Jack and the Brontës – Pt 2: Anne Lister and Emily Brontë
How does Anne Lister’s story connect with the Brontës? In 1826 Lister inherited from her uncles Shibden Hall, a name that will certainly sound familiar to all Brontë enthusiasts. It is believed in fact, that Shibden Hall and the land all around Law Hill could be among the places that inspired Heathcliff and Catherine’s story …