Brontës in a sentence

Fraser, The Brontës, p. 15 Her strong Methodist faith attracted Patrick Brontë Barker, The Brontës, p. 48 because his own leanings were similar.

Fraser, The Brontës, p. 4 Barker, The Brontës, p. 3 He was the oldest of ten children born to Hugh Brunty and Eleanor McCrory, poor Irish peasant farmers.

Ghostly images of Héloïse in her wedding dress lend a quasi-gothic edge, and there’s something of the Brontës in the cliffside walks she embraces with abandon.

So I spent a lot of time with the Brontës.

Alexander & Smith, The Oxford Companion to the Brontës, p. 170 Her health fluctuated as the months passed, but she progressively grew thinner and weaker.

Alexander & Smith, The Oxford Companion to the Brontës, p. 72 That same month she wrote her last poem, "A dreadful darkness closes in", in which she deals with being terminally ill.

Barker, The Brontës, p. 150 Their aunt tried to teach the girls how to run a household, but their minds were more inclined to literature.

Barker, The Brontës, p. 307 The children in her charge were spoilt and wild, persistently disobedient and tormented her.

Barker, The Brontës, p. 308 She had great difficulty controlling them, and little success in instilling any education.

Barker, The Brontës, p. 318 She returned home at Christmas, 1839, joining Charlotte and Emily, who had left their positions, and Branwell.

Barker, The Brontës, p. 344 Little evidence exists beyond a teasing anecdote of Charlotte's to Ellen Nussey in January 1842.

Barker, The Brontës, p. 403 Anne expressed her grief for his death in her poem "I will not mourn thee, lovely one", in which she called him "our darling".

Barker, The Brontës, p. 450 While Anne gave no reason for leaving Thorp Green, it is thought she wanted to leave on becoming aware of the relationship between her brother and Mrs Robinson.

Barker, The Brontës, p. 539 They sold well, but Agnes Grey was outshone by Emily's more dramatic Wuthering Heights.

Barker, The Brontës, p. 557 It was an instant, phenomenal success; within six weeks it was sold out.

Barker, The Brontës, p. 559 In the second edition of The Tenant of Wildfell Hall, which appeared in August 1848, Anne clearly stated her intentions in writing it.

Barker, The Brontës, p. 574 Anne took Emily to visit some of the places she had come to know and love in the five years spent with the Robinsons.

Barker, The Brontës, p. 576 It was, however, far too late.

Barker, The Brontës, p. 654 Subsequent critics paid less attention to Anne's work, and those such as Lane dismissed her as a "a Brontë without genius" citation and gave her output little consideration.

Brontë Society, The Brontës Then and Now (1947), p. 31 Over the years, Emily's love of nature has been the subject of many anecdotes.