Fans of the novels and poems written by the sibling inhabitants of Haworth Parsonage always have a Top Brontë. Fame-seeking Charlotte and mysteriously reclusive Emily usually grab the limelight. My father reread Emily’s only novel every five years, annotating his student copy of Wuthering Heights and monitoring his opinions depending on how his own love life was going.
Juliet Nicolson
The best Brontë
<p class="p1"><span class="s1">Anne wasn’t just the quiet, loyal, sensible one. Her daring autobiographical novels have astonishing clarity and vigour</span></p>
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