Bronte

Victorian novelist sisters

Brontë is a surname associated with the nineteenth-century English literary family—Charlotte, Emily, and Anne Brontë—authors of *Jane Eyre*, *Wuthering Heights*, and *The Tenant of Wildfell Hall*.

The name evokes Victorian gothic fiction and Yorkshire moorlands.

As a given name, Brontë (or Bronte) appears occasionally, usually honoring the writers.

literary

Charlotte

Feminine name, Carolina city

  • EmilyLatin-origin feminine name
  • AnneFemale name, Hebrew origin
  • ShirleyFemale given name

Heathcliff · Rochester · governess · moors · parsonage · pseudonym · Patrick · sisters · novelist · poet

moorland

Yorkshire

Historic English county

rugged · bleak · desolate · wild · stormy · gale · tempestuous · brooding · atmospheric · landscape

surname

Patrick

Irish patron saint

  • IrishOf the Emerald Isle
  • clergyOrdained religious officials collectively
  • parsonageClergyman's provided dwelling

family · sisters · Cornwall · Yorkshire · lineage · heritage

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literary style and sensibility

BronteJane Austen

Regency-era English novelist

Austen · P.G. Wodehouse · Oscar Wilde · comedy of manners · restraint

geographic/cultural setting

BronteJane Austen

Regency-era English novelist

Hampshire · Bath · Surrey · social gatherings

emotional register

BronteJane Austen

Regency-era English novelist

comedy of manners · Wodehouse · romantic comedy · happily ever after

Phrases
Family

brontosaurus, Emily Brontë, brontosaur

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