Maria Branwell Brontë most famously exists as an absence — the mother whose biggest, or only, influence resides in her “not being there there” during the lives of her famous daughters Charlotte, Emily and Anne. For 200 years scholars believed there wasn’t enough material for a biography of Maria. But author Sharon Wright believed there had to be more to find, if only she “went looking properly.” And what she found is truly remarkable.
Join returning guest Sharon Wright as we meet The Mother of the Brontës.
You can find a complete transcript of this episode here.
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Sharon Wright is a British journalist, playwright and author of the critically-acclaimed biography Mother of the Brontës: When Maria Met Patrick. She was born in Yorkshire and lives in South West London. She has worked as a writer, editor and columnist for leading magazines, newspapers and websites including the BBC, The Guardian, Daily Express, Disney, Glamour and Red. She is also the author of critically acclaimed plays performed in Yorkshire and London. Her first book Balloonomania Belles: Daredevil Divas Who First Took To The Sky [also published as The Lost History of the Lady Aeronauts] was serialized in the Mail on Sunday and received widespread coverage, including on BBC Woman’s Hour and in the New York Post.
Music featured in this episode included
Selections from Haydn, Beethoven and Mozart
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Niel Gow’s Lament on the Death of His Second Wife
Episode 60 Maria Branwell Bronte
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