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AT HOME WITH THE BRONTES: The History of Haworth Parsonage and its Occupants
AT HOME WITH THE BRONTES The History of Haworth Parsonage and its Occupants Author:Ann Dinsdale ? Explores the impact of the Brontes' home on their writing and what it was like for their successors living in a literary shrine? New exhibition focusing on the building starts at the Bronte Parsonage Museum in April 2013? Ann Dinsdale is the Collections Manager at the Bronte Parsonage Museum, which receives 80,000 visitors per yearHaworth Pars... more »onage is the world-famous home of the Brontes. Crowds of tourists are drawn to Haworth every year to discover what inspired Anne, Charlotte and Emily. Dinsdale explores their lives there, the impact of the sisters' home on their writing, and their lasting legacy. However, the Parsonage has also been home to several other families. This book will begin with the early history of the house and those who lived there before the arrival of the Brontes. After Patrick Bronte's death in 1861 the Parsonage became home to four of his successors before being purchased by the Bronte Society in 1928. Thereafter, it became home to four museum custodians and their families. All of these later occupants witnessed the development of tourism in Haworth, which had begun in Mr Bronte's own lifetime, and experienced the trials and tribulations of living in a literary shrine. Using a variety of sources, mostly unpublished, Ann Dinsdale will also tell their stories.« less