by Nick Holland
Moore, George, Conversations in Ebury Street (William Heinemann, 1930)
Neufeldt, Victor A. (ed.), The Works of Patrick Branwell Brontë, Volume 3, 1837–1848 (Taylor & Francis, 2015)
Orel, Harold, The Brontës: Interviews and Recollections (Palgrave Macmillan, 1996)
Smith, George, A Memoir with Some Pages of Biography (Cambridge University Press, 2012)
Smith, Margaret (ed.), The Letters of Charlotte Brontë (Volumes 1–3) (Clarendon Press, 1995)
Spark, Muriel, The Essence of the Brontës (Peter Owen, 1993)
The versions of books by the Brontë sisters referred to in the notes are as follows:
Bell, C., E. and A., Poems by Currer, Ellis, and Acton Bell (Aylott & Jones, 1846)
Brontë, Anne, Agnes Grey (Wordsworth Classics, 1998)
Brontë, Anne, The Tenant of Wildfell Hall (Wordsworth Classics, 1994)
Brontë, Charlotte, Biographical Notice of Ellis and Acton Bell (Smith, Elder & Co., 1850)
Brontë, Charlotte, Jane Eyre (Wordsworth Classics, 1999)
Brontë, Charlotte, Selections of Poems by Acton Bell (Smith, Elder & Co., 1850)
Brontë, Charlotte, Selections of Poems by Ellis Bell (Smith, Elder & Co., 1850)
Brontë, Emily, Wuthering Heights (Penguin Classics, 1985)
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‘What you Please’ by Anne Brontë, 1840. (Courtesy of the Brontë Society)
Portrait of Charlotte Brontë by J.H. Thompson. (Courtesy of the Brontë Society)
Portrait of Ellen Nussey by Charlotte Brontë. (Courtesy of the Brontë Society)
Portrait of Anne Brontë by Charlotte Brontë, 1834. (Courtesy of the Brontë Society)
Portrait of William Weightman by Charlotte Brontë, 1840. (Courtesy of the Brontë Society)
Portrait of Anne Brontë by Charlotte Brontë, 1833. (Courtesy of the Brontë Society)
Photograph of Patrick Brontë in old age. (Courtesy of the Brontë Society)
Disputed photograph of (left to right) Charlotte, Emily and Anne Brontë. (© RPM collection)
‘Sunrise Over the Sea’ by Anne Brontë, 1839. (Courtesy of the Brontë Society)
‘A Very Bad Picture’ (a possible self-portrait) by Anne Brontë, 1842. (Courtesy of the Brontë Society)
Flossy, unfinished portrait by Anne Brontë. (Courtesy of the Brontë Society)
‘The Brontë Sisters’ (left to right: Anne, Emily and Charlotte), also known as the pillar portrait, by Branwell Brontë, around 1835. (© National Portrait Gallery, London)
Anne Brontë’s grave at St Mary’s churchyard, Scarborough.
Roe Head School, Mirfield, as it is today – now Hollybank Trust.
Thornton Parsonage, Anne Brontë’s birthplace, as it is today – now ‘Emily’s’ delicatessen.
‘Brontë Moon’, a collage by contemporary artist Amanda White. (© Amanda White)
Brontë Parsonage Museum, Haworth. (© Dave Zdanowicz)
The top of Main Street, Haworth, with St Michael and All Angels’ church on the right. (© Dave Zdanowicz)
Haworth moors. (© Dave Zdanowicz)
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