ANN
BRONTE
Anne Brontë (1820–1849) was an English novelist and poet, the sixth and youngest child of the literary Brontë family, and the daughter of Maria Branwell and Patrick Brontë, a poor Irish clergyman.
Until the age of 15, she was educated at home by her aunt and father.
Anne Brontë was later sent as a boarder for two years to Roe Head School, where her elder sister Charlotte taught.
At the age of 19, she worked for the first time as a governess, but struggled to manage the unruly children in the household and was dismissed after a few months. From 1840 to 1845 she worked as a governess in the home of Reverend Robinson. After leaving this position, she devoted herself to writing.
In 1846, Charlotte, Emily, and Anne published a joint poetry collection under the pseudonyms Currer, Ellis, and Acton Bell; Anne contributed twenty-one poems. In December 1847 her first novel, Agnes Grey, was published, inspired by her experiences as a governess. In June 1848, her second and final novel, The Tenant of Wildfell Hall, was released. Both works were published under her male pseudonym Acton Bell, which she also used for her poetry.
She died in May 1849 from tuberculosis.