E16: This Is The Story of Three Girls - The Brontës Part 2
Part two of our three-part series on the Brontës picks up with the 4 remaining Brontë children growing up and trying to decide just what to do with their lives. Brother Branwell tries his hand at various professions -- with disastrous results -- while Charlotte, Anne, and Emily struggle with their more career limited options.
Sources and Further Reading
Barker, J. (2012). The Brontës: Wild genius on the moors - The story of a literary family. New York : Pegasus Books. http://archive.org/details/brontswildgenius0000bark
Branwell Brontë. (n.d.). Art UK. Retrieved April 4, 2026, from https://artuk.org/discover/artworks/search/actor:bronte-patrick-branwell-18171848/page/2#artwork-undefined
Branwell Brontë. (2026). In Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Branwell_Bront%C3%AB&oldid=1345159836
Brontë, A. (1847). Agnes Grey. Project Gutenberg. https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/767/pg767-images.html
Du Maurier, D. (1961). The infernal world of Branwell Brontë. Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday. http://archive.org/details/infernalworldof00duma
Gaskell, E. (n.d.). The Life of Charlotte Bronte: Volume 1. Retrieved May 29, 2026, from https://www.gutenberg.org/files/1827/1827-h/1827-h.htm
Gérin, W. (1959). Anne Brontë. Thomas Nelson and Sons Ltd. https://archive.org/details/annebronte0000wini/page/n3/mode/2up
Gérin, W. (1971). Emily Brontë: A biography. Clarendon Press. http://archive.org/details/bwb_W9-DAW-729
Hardwick, E. (1972, May 4). Working girls: The Brontës. The New York Review of Books, 18(8). https://www.nybooks.com/articles/1972/05/04/working-girls-the-brontes/
The unveiling of the Brontë Pillar Portrait. (2023, March 5). Anne Brontë and the Brontë Family. https://www.annebronte.org/2023/03/05/the-unveiling-of-the-bronte-pillar-portrait/
World Health Organization. (n.d.). Cholera. Retrieved April 11, 2026, from https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/cholera