![]() ![]() Their fame was due as much to their own tragic destinies as to their precociousness. The effect of the deaths of first their mother, and then of their two older sisters marked them profoundly and influenced their writing. ![]() The three sisters and their brother, Branwell, were very close and during childhood developed their imaginations through the collaborative writing of increasingly complex stories. Charlotte's Jane Eyre was the first to know success, while Emily's Wuthering Heights, Anne's The Tenant of Wildfell Hall and other works were later to be accepted as masterpieces of literature. ![]() Their stories immediately attracted attention, although not always the best, for their passion and originality. They originally published their poems and novels under the masculine pseudonyms Currer, Ellis, and Acton Bell, following the custom of the times practiced by female writers. The sisters, Charlotte, Emily, and Anne, are well known as poets and novelists. The Bronts were a 19th-century literary family associated with the village of Haworth in the West Riding of Yorkshire, England. ![]()
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