Aunt Elizabeth Branwell is all too easily overlooked in the Brontë story, and yet she was pivotal to the incredible story of these incredible sisters. On a very human scale she stepped into the breach after her sister Maria’ untimely…
Month: September 2024
A Payment For ‘Caroline’ Bronte
On this day in 1849 Charlotte Brontë contacted her publishers after receiving the initial payment for her second published novel Shirley. In today’s post we’ll look at just how much she was paid, and at an unfortunate error made on…
Patrick Bronte On The Passing Of Maria Bronte
In this blog we look at the life and works of Anne Brontë and her remarkable family. I try to focus on the positive aspects of their story, but of course we all know that they had more than their…
The Hidden Portraits Of Anne Bronte
There are at least four known portraits of Anne Brontë. Three by Charlotte Brontë, and Anne also features on the far left of Branwell Brontë’s youthful portrait of his sisters. There is also a beautiful painting by Branwell which many…
The Brontes In The Shadow Of St. Paul’s
I’ve been visiting London again this week, and as always I stayed in Bankside on the south shore of the River Thames. It’s a great location, walked by the likes of Shakespeare, Dickens, Chaucer and many others – and across…