The Brontë sisters

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Family of British novelists and poets, including Charlotte (1816-1855), Emily, (1818-1848), and Anne (1820-1849). In 1846 their first publication was issued, a volume of poetry entitled Poems by Currer, Ellis and Acton Bell. In 1847 Charlotte published Jane Eyre; Emily, Wuthering Heights; and Anne, Agnes Gray. Charlotte published Shirley in 1849 and Villette in 1853.

Brontë [ˈbrɒntɪ]

1. (Biographies / Brontë, Anne (1820-1849) F, English, WRITING: novelist) Anne, pen name Acton Bell. 1820-49, English novelist; author of The Tenant of Wildfell Hall (1847)

2. (Biographies / Brontë, Charlotte (1816-1855) F, English, WRITING: novelist) her sister, Charlotte, pen name Currer Bell. 1816-55, English novelist, author of Jane Eyre (1847), Villette (1853), and The Professor (1857)

3. (Biographies / Brontë, Emily (Jane) (1818-1848) F, English, WRITING: novelist, WRITING: poet) her sister, Emily (Jane), pen name Ellis Bell. 1818-48, English novelist and poet; author of Wuthering Heights (1847)

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