Anne, the youngest of the family, became Governess to the daughters of a wealthy family. Two years later, Branwell joined her as tutor to the young son, but became besotted with the mistress, seventeen years his senior. They had a three-year affair before Branwell was dismissed by her husband. Anne resigned her post, writing that she had ‘some very unpleasant and undreamt-of experiences of human nature’ during that time. Branwell took to drugs and drink, eventually dying of TB, at the age of thirty-one.
ISBN: 1-904232-24-8
When Charlotte came across Emily’s poems she got the idea of publishing a selection of their poems, which they did under the pen name of the Bell Brothers. Although a failure, their subsequent three novels became instant best sellers, taking the literary scene by storm. But success was followed by tragedy with the death of Ellen, to be followed shortly by that of Anne from tuberculosis, leaving Charlotte the only surviving child. A romantic fling with her young publisher came to an unhappy end and she finally married her father’s adoring curate.
ISBN: 1-904232-23-X
Other characters in The Thorp Green Scandal
Willie Weightman (25) The Curate.
Mrs Ingham (27) Anne’s first employer
Dr Edward Fish (40's) Branwell’s host in Broughton;
Ann (40's) his wife
Margaret (18) his daughter
Postlethwaite (30's), Branwell’s employer.
The Rev. Edmund Robinson (44)
Lydia Robinson (40) his wife
Mary (19) the second daughte
Bessie (17) the youngest daughter
Characters in the Bronte Household
The Rev Patrick Bronte
Branwell, his son
Charlotte, his eldest daughter
Emily, his midle daughter
Anne, his youngest daughter
Ellen Nussey, Charlottes friend
