The Mother of the Brontës: When Maria Met Patrick

Name: The Mother of the Brontës: When Maria Met Patrick
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Rating: 4.4 (233 reviews)
Author: Sharon Wright

by Sharon Wright

Biography Memoir

4.4 (233)

4.4 stars from 233 reviews

201 pages~3.4 hr readPublished by Pen and SwordPublished 2019-07-30

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Perfect for you if...

You're captivated by the Brontë sisters and want to understand where their genius came from.
You love meticulously researched biographies that resurrect forgotten women from history.
You enjoy Regency-era romance and social history told through a personal, intimate lens.

Maybe not for you if...

You want a sweeping multi-generational saga. This focuses tightly on Maria's relatively short life.
You prefer narrative fiction over biographical fact, even when it reads like a novel.
You're looking for extensive analysis of the Brontë novels themselves rather than their family origins.

About this book

This biography examines Maria Branwell, a Cornish gentlewoman who met and fell in love with Patrick Brontë, a poor Irish curate, in Regency England. Despite their different backgrounds and social classes, they married and built a life together as devoted partners and parents during the industrial revolution. Their union produced six children, including Charlotte, Emily, and Anne Brontë. The three daughters became renowned literary figures, authoring works including Wuthering Heights, Jane Eyre, and The Tenant of Wildfell Hall. They inherited their mother's intelligence and wit. Yet Maria herself has remained largely unknown while her family's fame spread worldwide. This biography brings her story to light for the first time, exploring her overlooked role in the Brontë legacy. Like her children, Maria's life was marked by untimely death, but not before she lived a significant story worthy of telling.

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Currently 4.4★ from 233 reviews

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