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Anne Brontë (, commonly ; 17 January 1820 – 28 May 1849) was an English novelist and poet. She was the youngest member of the Brontë literary family.

Anne was the daughter of Maria (née Branwell) and Patrick Brontë, a poor Irish clergyman in the Church of England. Anne lived most of her life with her family at the parsonage in Haworth on the Yorkshire Dales, where her father served as perpetual curate. She attended a boarding school in Mirfield between 1836 and 1837, and between 1839 and 1845 she worked as a governess with a number of families. In 1846, she published a book of poems with her sisters, under the pen name Acton Bell. Her first novel, Agnes Grey, was published in 1847 as one of a three-volume set which included Wuthering Heights by her sister Emily Brontë. Anne's second novel, The Tenant of Wildfell Hall, was published in 1848, and is considered by many to be one of the first feminist novels.

Anne died at 29, most likely of pulmonary tuberculosis. After her death, her sister Charlotte edited Agnes Grey to fix issues with its first edition, but prevented republication of The Tenant of Wildfell Hall, believing it to be 'a mistake.' This decision had a negative effect on Anne's popularity as a writer. Nonetheless, both of her novels are now considered classics of English literature.