Best known work

• The Tenant of Wildfell Hall, 1848

Other well known work(s)

• Agnes Grey, 1847

Genres

• Fiction - Novels

Nom de plume

Acton Bell

Social class

Middle class

Parental background

Although their father was a clergyman and educated, the family were poor and largely home-educated. They were compelled to write for money.

At publication of best known work

• Age: 28
• Marital status: Unmarried
• Number of children: 0

Physical description

"Anne, dear gentle Anne was quite different from the others ... Her hair was a very pretty light brown, and fell on her neck in graceful curls. She had lovely violet-blue eyes, fine pencilled eyebrows and a clear almost transparent complexion" (describing Anne aged 13. From Ellen Nussey's "Reminiscences" 1871). Juliet Barker claims that Anne's hair was darker than Nussey remembered, citing a little plait carefully cut off and preserved by her brother Patrick in 1833 as a rich brown with a hint of auburn. Although Anne's height is not recorded, she is known to have been rather small in stature - possibly around five feet two inches tall.

Did you know?

Anne was buried in Scarborough, not in Haworth like the rest of the family.

Additional information

The Anne Bronte blog, with useful insights into her life, can be found at http://www.annebronte.org. There is also a biography on the Victorian web. North-western University offer some useful links on their site.