Bronte

How was it possible that three Victorian spinsters who had never had sex and had probably never been kissed, could write some of the most erotic literature of all time? And why should these plain, reclusive women, who lived in rural isolation on the Yorkshire moors have invented such stories. What was it in their lives that compelled them to write with such passion and power?

Bronte tells how their tortuous relationship, and Branwell’s descent into drug and alcohol addiction, informed some of the most iconic works of 19th century literature.  It tells the extraordinary true story of the triumph of creative spirit, ambition and tenacity over adversity as the girls overcome death and disease, crushing poverty, the male dominated literary world and use their experiences to write some of the most enduring classics of English Literature including Jane Eyre, Wuthering Heights and The Tenant of Wildfell Hall. 

However just as they reach their creative and commercial peak one by one her family succumb to Tuberculosis. The controlling Charlotte soon realises the enormity of what she has lost and that whatever else her ambition has helped her achieve she cannot beat the fragility of life. 

Bronte is the story of one of the world’s most remarkable literary families and deals with the timeless themes of thwarted ambition and family duty whilst being darkly resonant with such contemporary issues as the desire for success, celebrity and drug/alcohol abuse.