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Three sisters published seven novels between 1847 and 1853 and then were dead, and most readers only ever meet two of those books. The path starts with Jane Eyre and Wuthering Heights because they really are the doors, then makes the case that Anne — long dismissed as the minor Bronte — wrote the most morally serious novel of the three in The Tenant of Wildfell Hall.

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How should I approach learning the bronte sisters?
Three sisters published seven novels between 1847 and 1853 and then were dead, and most readers only ever meet two of those books. The path starts with Jane Eyre and Wuthering Heights because they really are the doors, then makes the case that Anne — long dismissed as the minor Bronte — wrote the most morally serious novel of the three in The Tenant of Wildfell Hall.
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A strong starting point is The Brontes - A Life in Letters by Juliet Barker. The ordered reading paths above show exactly where it fits and what to read next.

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