![]() ![]() Haworth itself plays little role in the Brontë sisters’ novels. Where did the Brontë sisters find their inspiration? One of Charlotte’s friends, Ellen Nussey, later remembered it as “always beautifully clean… scant and bare…mind and thought, I almost said elegance, but certainly refinement, diffused themselves overall, and made nothing really wanting.” The gable wing holds additional exhibits, as does a modern extension to the rear. ![]() The museum now displays the original 1778 home much as the Brontës would have known it, each of its eight rooms decorated in period furnishings with many family artifacts. The house today is carefully preserved as the Brontë Parsonage Museum and remains as it was in the Brontës’ time - attractive and well-proportioned, but not over-large. (Photo by Christopher Furlong/Getty Images) ![]() ![]() Their former home is now a museum containing many of the items used by the family. Charlotte, Emily and Anne Bronte were the authors of many famous and loved books in the English language. The famous Bronte sisters lived at Haworth Parsonage from 1820 to 1861 in the West Riding of Yorkshire. Charlotte Bronte's writing desk on display at the Bronte Parsonage Museum on Februin Haworth, England. ![]()
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