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1820s – 1850s: The story of the Bronte family
The Brontes
What you need to know before your trail
The story of the tragic Bronte family is familiar to everyone: we all know about the half-mad, repressive father, the drunken, drug-addicted wastrel of a brother, wild romantic Emily, unrequited Anne and ‘poor Charlotte’. Or do we? These stereotypes of the popular imagination are precisely that – imaginary – created by amateur biographers from Mrs Gaskell onwards who were primarily novelists, and were attracted by the tale of an apparently doomed family of genius.
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Bronte Country
This book transports you to and explores the setting of some of the most famous books in the English language.
Sisters Emily, Anne and Charlotte are the most famous literary sisters in history having written Wuthering Heights, The Tenant of Wildfell Hall and Jane Eyre to name but three.
This book explores Haworth and the landscape surrounding it at the time the sisters and the father lived (1816 – 1861)
The Brontë parsonage first opened in 1895 above the Yorkshire Penny Bank on Haworth Main Street. The Bronte Society which had been set up to continue and preserve the family legacy began to purchase items at auction, which were either owned or had something to do with the Brontes.
In 1928, Haworth Parsonage was put up for sale for around £3000, by Sir James Roberts, a Haworth-born wool merchant and lifetime member of the Brontë Society member. He gave the deeds to the Brontë Society and history was born.
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A) Bronte Country - The Bronte Parsonage
B) Bronte Country - Main street
Booktrail Boarding Pass Information: The Brontes
Author/Guide: Juliet Barker Destination: Yorkshire, Bronte Country Departure Time: 1800s – 1850s
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