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1820- 1849: The story of Anne Bronte herself
In Search of Anne Brontë
What you need to know before your trail
Anne Brontë, the youngest and most enigmatic of the Brontë sisters, remains a bestselling author nearly two centuries after her death. The brilliance of her two novels – Agnes Grey and The Tenant of Wildfell Hall – and her poetry belies the quiet, yet courageous girl who often lived in the shadows of her more celebrated sisters. Yet her writing was the most revolutionary of all the Brontës, pushing the boundaries of what was acceptable.
Travel Guide
The Yorkshire Moors
The Yorkshire Moors of the 1920s – 1940s were the inspiration for most of the Bronte novels since this is where the sisters lived, walked, slept and wrote their novels. The landscape which is as harsh as it is stunning, wild as it is free. Anyone who visits can’t helped but be moved by the land and the literary landscape they have formed.
The novels Agnes Grey and The Tenant of Wildfell Hall are said to have taken much inspiration from family life on the moors – in particular the family dynamics of the three sisters, their brother Branwell who was a drunk and quite violent man, and their religious father. In fact the religious landscape of the time, the social one and of course the path women were supposed to tread are all illustrated to show what Anne and her sisters would have experienced.
There are many places to visit in Bronte country such as the Parsonage and the village of Haworth. When the wind blows, some say you can hear the sisters reading some of their quotes from their novels.
Booktrail Boarding Pass Information: In Search of Anne Brontë
Author/Guide: Nick Holland Destination: Yorkshire, Bronte Country Departure Time: 1820s – 1840s
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