EDWARD CHITHAM has lectured at the universities of Wolverhampton and Warwick, and Newman College, and is currently a tutor at the Open University. He has written a number of books on the Brontës, including The Birth of Wuthering Heights (Palgrave Macmillan, 2001), and was formerly the editor of the Brontë Society Transactions.

General Editor's Preface Acknowledgements List of Illustrations Table of Non-Standard Abbreviations Introduction A Brontë Family Chronology Appendices Bibliography Index

This new addition to Palgrave Macmillan's Author Chronologies Series details events in the lives of the Brontë sisters and their associates. Major events such as the publication of history of their works are included, and are balanced by details of Brontë domestic life. There are original discussions, in the light of chronology, of the scandal affecting the Brontë's brother, Branwell, and the imaginary kingdoms shared by all four children.