About
Anne Brontë, born on 17 January 1820 in Thornton, Yorkshire, was the youngest of the six Brontë children. After her mother's death, she was raised by her Methodist aunt. She worked as a governess, an experience that inspired her first novel, Agnes Grey (1847). Her second novel, The Tenant of Wildfell Hall (1848), published under the pseudonym Acton Bell, depicts a woman leaving an alcoholic, adulterous husband, causing a scandal. Anne died of tuberculosis on 28 May 1849 in Scarborough, aged 29.
* 1820-01-17 — † 1849-05-28
Major works
- Poems by Currer, Ellis and Acton Bell (1846)poetry collection
- Agnes Grey (1847)novel
- The Tenant of Wildfell Hall (1848)novel
Key milestones
- 1839-1845Worked as a governess for the Ingham and Robinson families.
- 1846Contributed 21 poems to the self-published collection Poems by Currer, Ellis and Acton Bell.
- 1848Publication of The Tenant of Wildfell Hall, which caused a scandal for its frank portrayal of debauchery and its challenge to Victorian marital norms.
Themes
women's conditionmoral independencesocial critiqueredemptionnature and spirituality
Sources: bronte.org.uk · britannica.com · oxforddnb.com
