Tuberculosis Killed Five Brontes

Описание: Patrick Brontë outlived his wife and all six of his children. Five of them died of tuberculosis. The sixth drank himself to death.

In a cold parsonage on the Yorkshire moors, three sisters—Charlotte, Emily, and Anne—created some of the greatest novels in the English language. Jane Eyre. Wuthering Heights. The Tenant of Wildfell Hall. They wrote in the shadow of death, knowing their time was short.

This is their story. Not a romantic tragedy, but a testament to creativity in the face of mortality.

CHAPTERS:
0:00 - Sisters
11:03 - Early Life And First Deaths
49:02 - Careers, Publications, And Branwell's Fall
1:08:12 - The Terrible Year
1:24:22 - Charlotte's Final Years And Literary Legacy
1:45:27 - Reflection
2:08:31 - Closing

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This video is part of "The Sanatorium" series, exploring the cultural history of tuberculosis.

IMAGE CREDITS:
Historical images sourced from Wikimedia Commons and the Library of Congress.
All images are in the public domain.

SOURCES & FURTHER READING:

Primary Biographies:
Gaskell, Elizabeth. "The Life of Charlotte Brontë" (1857)
Primary biography by Charlotte's friend

Barker, Juliet. "The Brontës" (1994)
Definitive modern biography of the family

Gordon, Lyndall. "Charlotte Brontë: A Passionate Life" (1994)
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Archives & Museums:
Brontë Parsonage Museum
https://www.bronte.org.uk/

"The Brontë Sisters" - British Library
https://www.bl.uk/romantics-and-victo...

Medical & Historical Context:
"Tuberculosis in the Victorian Era" - Wellcome Collection
https://wellcomecollection.org/

"Emily Brontë's Death Needs to Be Radically Reimagined" - The Conversation
https://theconversation.com/emily-bro...

Literary Analysis:
"Tuberculosis, Emily Brontë, and Victorian England" - GradeSaver
https://www.gradesaver.com/wuthering-...

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