HAPPY BIRTHDAY, ANNE BRONTË!

Born on January 17, 1820, in Thornton, Yorkshire, England, Anne Brontë wrote a book of poetry with her sisters Charlotte and Emily. She worked as a governess too. Her 1847 novel, Agnes Grey, was inspired by her experiences. Her subsequent novel, The Tenant of Wildfell Hall, the story of a woman leaving her abusive husband, was published the following year. Anne died of tuberculosis on May 28, 1849, in Scarborough, Yorkshire, England.  

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Here you can read an interesting article about her books.

“I am satisfied that if a book is a good one, it is so whatever the sex of the author may be. All novels are or should be written for both men and women to read, and I am at a loss to conceive how a man should permit himself to write anything that would be really disgraceful to a woman, or why a woman should be censured for writing anything that would be proper and becoming for a man.” 
Anne Brontë, The Tenant of Wildfell Hall