文档介绍：The Bronte sisters , Charlotte , Emily and Anne ,were English writers of the 1840s and novels casued a sensation when they were first published and were subsequently accepted into the canon of great English literature . The Bronte Sisters Charlotte Bronte (1816--1855) Emily Bronte (1818--1848) Anne Bronte (1820--1849) life story They were born at Thornton & lived in Haworth W. Yorkshire . their father was a Yorkshire clergyman with Irish origins, Mrs Bronte died the next year and the six children were cared for by her sister, Elizabeth Branwell. This was the children's home up to their short lived lives. When they were young, the Bronte sisters were sent to a school for clergymen ’ s daughters. The eldest two died there due to the poor and unhealthy conditions. As they grew up, the sisters worked either as teacher or governess in some private life at Haworth was very limited for Bronte Children. When winter came, the Bronte children usually stayed at home. They read books, and they even started creating works of their own minds. They first wrote some poetry. But received little attention, then the sisters returned to novel writing. And their novels won ess. But at this happy moment, misfortune struck the Brontes. The only boy in the family died in September 1848. Emily died of