The Three Brontës

"The Three Brontës" by May Sinclair is a look into the lives and writings of Charlotte, Emily, and Anne Brontë. Sinclair writes about the sisters' experiences and how the village of Haworth changed how they wrote. The book tries to explain their stories while clearing up misunderstandings about them. The story starts with the sad but important landscape of Haworth, which was the setting for the Brontë sisters' lives. Sinclair shows their home, pointing out how their talent was linked to the village’s beautiful but tough environment. It talks about their childhood, which had sadness and loss, like the death of their mother and their difficult time growing up with their father, Patrick Brontë. It also shows how their family relationships affected them, especially their brother Branwell's problems, and how Charlotte, Emily, and Anne faced their own problems and what society expected of them as they wrote books that would become important in English literature.