Brontë
Yorkshire moors author
Brontë is a surname associated with the nineteenth-century English literary family—Charlotte, Emily, and Anne Brontë—who produced novels including *Jane Eyre*, *Wuthering Heights*, and *The Tenant of Wildfell Hall*.
The name often appears in literary contexts: a Brontë-esque heroine, the Brontë sisters.
Their Yorkshire parsonage home is now a museum.
Feminine name, Carolina city
- EmilyLatin-origin feminine name
- AnneFemale name, Hebrew origin
- parsonageClergyman's provided dwelling
- PatrickIrish patron saint
Maria · siblings · novelist · poetess · juvenilia · tuberculosis · Brussels · tragedy
Yorkshire gothic novel
Jane Eyre · narrative · English literature · classic · authorship · pen name · bildungsroman · Romanticism
Uncultivated peaty highlands
- hauntingDisturbingly unforgettable
- broodingAnxiously dwelling on something
- melancholySubdued, lasting sadness
- forebodingFearful anticipation of harm
atmospheric · mysterious · darkness · desolate · gloomy · supernatural · spectral · Byronic
Years 1801-1900
- YorkshireHistoric English county
- EnglandLargest British country
- industrializationTransition to factory-based economy
- patriarchyMale-dominated social order
governess · social class · morality · corsets · carriages · etiquette · gentility · workhouses
Charlotte
Feminine name, Carolina city
Patrick · Maria · siblings · novelist · poetess · juvenilia · tuberculosis · Brussels · tragedy
Wuthering Heights
Yorkshire gothic novel
Jane Eyre · prose · narrative · English literature · classic · authorship · pen name · bildungsroman · Romanticism · realism
moors
Uncultivated peaty highlands
- hauntingDisturbingly unforgettable
- broodingAnxiously dwelling on something
- melancholySubdued, lasting sadness
foreboding · atmospheric · mysterious · darkness · desolate · gloomy · supernatural · spectral · Byronic · Heathcliff
nineteenth century
Years 1801-1900
- YorkshireHistoric English county
- EnglandLargest British country
- industrializationTransition to factory-based economy
patriarchy · governess · social class · morality · corsets · carriages · etiquette · gentility · workhouses · colonialism
- British WritersShakespeare, Dickens, Austen, Tolkien, Rowling
BrontëJane Austen
Regency-era English novelist
Austen · Oscar Wilde · P.G. Wodehouse · restraint · wit
BrontëJane Austen
Regency-era English novelist
Bath · comedy of manners · urbane · genteel · Regency
BrontëCharles Dickens
- Emily Bronte
- Anne BronteVictorian novelist, youngest sister