Branwell Brontë painted himself out of this painting of his three sisters Anne, Emily, and Charlotte, c. 1834. Self caricature of Branwell (1847) in bed waiting to die. Portrait by Brontë about 1833; ...

Punctuation delayed, but not denied: A memorial to Charlotte, Emily and Anne Brontë at Poets’ Corner in the celebrated London church finally gets its accent marks. By Lynsey Chutel Reporting ...

Claire Harman opens her biography, written in time for Charlotte Brontë’s bicentenary in 2016 ... Brontë is described scaring her fellow schoolgirls with ghost stories, but then later, rejected by ...

We present an extract from Charlotte, the new novel by Martina Devlin ... ‘I cast an eye over them, I admit. But I prefer poetry.’ ‘You devoured them, Mama. Especially Jane Eyre.

A memorial to Charlotte, Emily and Anne Brontë has had the dots above their surname added nearly 85 years after it was first installed at Westminster Abbey. The diaereses – the two dots above ...

Dreweatts announced that it has been appointed to sell the contents of Rawdon Hall, home of the same family for more than 425 years.

Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema, Sappho (the poetess) and Alcaeus. What are the top poems inspired by ancient Greece? Credit: Wikimedia Commons / Walters Museum Poetry stands as one of humanity’s oldest art ...

Hanif Abduraqqib. Sarah Kay. Elizabeth Acevedo. Clint Smith. Do any of these names sound familiar? How about Amanda Gorman? All of these writers are part of America’s thriving contemporary poetry ...

Copyright 2024 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Conservator Lucy Ackland adds the finishing touches to the memorial to Charlotte, Emily and Anne Bronte at ...

Brontë’s husband, Arthur Bell Nicholls, was eager to keep his famous wife’s personal letters from prying eyes. He extracted a promise from Ellen Nussey, Brontë’s intimate friend and frequent ...

Lyric poetry refers to a short poem, often with songlike qualities, that expresses the speaker’s personal emotions and feelings. Historically intended to be sung and accompany musical instrumentation, ...

Charlotte Brontë’s brother, Branwell, and sister Emily both died in late 1848. Within months, her last surviving sibling, Anne, was also gravely ill. In this letter to her close friend Ellen, ...