In August 1847, Charlotte received a letter rejecting The Professor. Not easily discouraged, she addressed it to one last publisher, Smith and Elder. Charlotte Brontë’s masterpiece, Jane EyreĪlthough Anne and Emily found publishers easily, Charlotte’s manuscript for The Professor was unanimously refused.
However, they couldn’t find a common publisher and decided to publish their texts separately. Emily embarked on her future masterpiece, Wuthering Heights, Anne penned Agnes Gray, and Charlotte composed her first novel, The Professor. These literary games spawned a multitude of fantasy worlds and realms, shaping the shared imagination of the siblings and of the three future novelists.Īfter the publication of a joint poetry collection at the end of May 1846, the three sisters conspired to publish a trio of novels in a similar model. This first foray into role-playing marked the beginning of a very long succession. Charlotte, the eldest, one day suggested that they each invent their own island kingdom. On a windy moor in West Yorkshire, England, in the parsonage of Haworth, Charlotte, Emily, Anne and their brother Branwell forged a rich and lasting literary bond from a young age.
The Brontë sisters' literary childhood and early novels
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