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Thursday Talk: Mrs Brontë in six birthdays…

10 Apr 2025

19:30 - 20:30

The Brontë Parsonage Museum

To mark the anniversary this month of Maria Branwell Brontë’s birth, we explore the life of the mother of genius from her first birthday in Penzance to her last in Haworth. This illustrated Thursday Talk includes how items in the Brontë collection reveal the legacy of this enigmatic lady of letters in the lives and works of her daughters – Charlotte, Emily and Anne Brontë.

This talk will be given by Sharon Wright – award-winning journalist, author of the best-selling Mother of the Brontës: The Life of Maria Branwell and Editor of Brontë Society Gazette. Sharon recently had the misspelled memorial to the Brontë sisters corrected in Westminster Abbey.

Thursday Talks occur twice on the day: once at the Museum and once online.

Ticket Information

In-person (14:00) Free with entry to the Museum
Online (19:30) £5

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Venue Details

The Brontë Parsonage Museum

Church Street
BD22 8DR

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