![]() The proper Irish family surname was mac Aedh Ó Proinntigh but this was “Anglicised” to Prunty, and sometimes Brunty. The father, Patrick, was born the son of poor peasant farmers in 1771 in County Down. The origins of the family name are certainly worth a brief mention. While her older sisters have had more than their share of the limelight it should not be forgotten that Anne was also an accomplished writer using a more direct and much less romantic style than Charlotte and Emily. ![]() Their former family home in Haworth, West Yorkshire has been a place of pilgrimage for a long time and, no doubt, will continue to be so. Charlotte, Emily and Anne all wrote novels and poetry and their combined output is safely ensconced amongst the classics of literature, having been read for pleasure or studied as set books by readers and students the world over. Most people who know anything about English literature will have heard of the Brontë sisters. ![]()
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