Two of EB
's sisters, Maria
and Elizabeth
, died before she reached the age of seven. With Charlotte
, her elder by two years, and Anne
, her younger by eighteen months, Emily engaged...
Family and Intimate relationships
Anne Brontë
Maria Brontë
, the eldest of the Brontë sisters and a surrogate mother to AB
, died of consumption; Elizabeth, the second daughter, also died in mid-June.
Charlotte Brontë's character Helen Burns in Jane Eyre...
Family and Intimate relationships
Anne Brontë
AB
's elder sisters were Maria
(born in 1814), Elizabeth
, (1815), Charlotte
, (1816), and Emily
(1818).
Barker, Juliet. The Brontës. St Martin’s Press.
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Family and Intimate relationships
Charlotte Brontë
Maria Brontë
, the eldest of the Brontë children, was baptized.
Barker, Juliet. The Brontës. St Martin’s Press.
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Education
Charlotte Brontë
Maria Brontë
, the original of Helen Burns in Jane Eyre, was removed from the Clergy Daughters' School, seriously ill with consumption. She died at home in early May.