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Welcome to the History Extra podcast, fascinating historical conversations from the makers of BBC History Magazine.

From their remote Yorkshire parsonage, sisters Emily, Charlotte and Anne Bronte penned stories that would capture the imagination of generations of readers.

But just how popular were books like Jane Eyre and Wuthering Heights at the time?

How did childhood games influence the Brontes in their later writing?

And how close can we get to their individual personalities?

Speaking with Lauren Good, Clara O'Callaghan explores the lives of the literary sisters,

from their Yorkshire upbringing to their tragic ends.

Thanks so much for joining me today, Claire, to talk all about the Bronte sisters, Emily,

Charlotte and Anne.

Let's talk about their beginnings first. When and where were they

born? So the Bronte sisters are born in Thornton, which is in West Yorkshire, and the children,

Charlotte, Emily and Anne were originally one of six children. There were two older sisters,

Maria and Elizabeth, and a brother Bramwell.

And they were born to Patrick Bronte, the Reverend Patrick Bronte, who was an Irishman,

Maria Bramwell, who was from Cornwall. They lived in Thornton, but moved to Haworth,

which is where, of course, today the Bronte Parstage Museum is set. It was known as

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