What is Anne Brontë?
[[File:AnneBronte.jpg|170px|thumb|Anne Brontë painted by her sister [[Charlotte Brontë|Charlotte]]]] '''Anne Brontë''' (17 January 1820 – 28 May 1849) was an [[English people|English]] [[writer]] and [[poet]]. She is best known for writing ''[[Agnes Grey]]'' (1847) and ''[[The Tenant of Wildfell Hall]]'' (1848). Anne was born on 17 January 1820 in [[Thornton, West Yorkshire|Thornton]], [[Yorkshire]], [[England]]. She was the daughter of Patrick and Marie Brontë and the youngest of their six children. She was taught at her family's home in Haworth by her aunt Elizabeth Branwell. She worked as a [[governess]] in [[1839]] and then again between 1841 and 1845. In 1846 Anne contributed 21 poems to ''[[Poems by Currer, Ellis and Acton Bell]]''. This was a joint work with her sisters, [[Charlotte Brontë|Charlotte]] and [[Emily Brontë|Emily]]. ''[[Agnes Grey]]'' was published in 1847 in three volumes with ''[[Wuthering Heights]]'', a book written by her sister [[Emily Brontë|Emily]]. ''[[The Tenant of Wildfell Hall]]'' was published in 1848 and sold well. Anne Brontë died on 28 May 1849 in [[Scarborough, North Yorkshire|Scarborough]], [[Yorkshire]], [[England]] of [[tuberculosis]]. ==Related pages== The sisters of Anne Brontë: * [[Emily Brontë]] * [[Charlotte Brontë]] {{wikisource|Author:Anne Brontë|Anne Brontë}} The books of Anne Brontë: * ''[[Poems by Currer, Ellis and Acton Bell]]'' (1846) * ''[[Agnes Grey]]'' (1847) * ''[[The Tenant of Wildfell Hall]]'' (1848) {{DEFAULTSORT:Bronte, Anne}} [[Category:1820 births]] [[Category:1849 deaths]] [[Category:Deaths from tuberculosis]] [[Category:Disease-related deaths in Yorkshire]] [[Category:English novelists]] [[Category:English poets]] [[Category:Infectious disease deaths in England]] [[Category:Writers from Yorkshire]]