An adapted version of the timeline in the beginning of the book.

Timeline


Table of Events


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17 Jan 1820

Anne Brontë is born.

Anne was born as the youngest child of Patrick and Maria Brontë. Her four sisters were Maria, Elizabeth, Charlotte, and Emily. Her brother was Branwell Brontë.

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15 Sep 1821

Maria Brontë (Anne's mother) dies.

Anne was one year and eight months old at the time of her mother's loss.

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1825 to 1830

Two sisters die and remaining children are under aunt's care.

Anne's sisters, Maria and Elizabeth, pass away in 1825. The Brontë children are under the care of their aunt, Elizabeth Branwell.

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Oct 1835 to Dec 1837

Anne attends Roe Head school.

Roe Head, Mirfield, was an all-girls school run by Margaret Wooler. Previously, Anne's sister Charlotte attended the school as a student from 1831 to 1832. In July 1835, Charlotte returned as a teacher and Emily began as a pupil. In October, Emily left Roe Head, and Anne took her place there as a student. In late 1837, Anne suffered a serious illness and left Roe Head as a result.

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8 Apr 1839

Anne's career as governess and her aunt's death.

Anne began as governess (private teacher) to the children of Joshua Ingraham in April 1839 and remained until December 1839. In 1840, Anne began as governess to the children of the Reverend Edmund Robinson. In Fall 1842, her aunt Elizabeth Branwell died and Anne traveled home for the funeral. Anne completed her time as governess in 1845, at which point she has drafted much of her upcoming novel Agnes Grey.

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1846 to 1847

Anne and her sisters' early attempts at publications.

In January 1846, the Brontë sisters submit their poems for publishing under the pen names Currer, Ellis, and Acton Bell. They are published in May. They also offered individual works (The Professor by Charlotte, Wuthering Heights by Emily, and Agnes Grey by Anne) for publication in 1846, but these took considerably longer to publish. Agnes Grey is published in December 1847.

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1848

The Tenant is published.

In June 1848, Anne's second novel The Tenant at Wildefell Hall was published.

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28 May 1849

Anne dies.

Anne died of pulmonary tuberculosis in May 1849. In her last months of life, she visited Scarborough with her sister Charlotte and friend Ellen Nussey. Anne was buried in St. Mary's churchyard, Scarborough.

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