Anne's Tenant went to a second edition, though it was not as popular as Jane Eyre.. Charlotte continued to believe that her sister had been wrong to undertake such a gloomy work.. but Anne believed she was right. In 1848, the sisters realised that there were rumours going around that all the Bell books had been written by the same person and to stop gossip in the publishing world, Charlotte felt that they had to go to London and let themselves be seen and known by their publisher. Emily refused to go but Anne and Charlotte made a trip in the summer and spent a few days in London. They tried to maintain their anonymity but rumours leaked out that the Bell books were the works of the daughters of Patrick Bronte, curate of Haworth.. and none of them liked the loss of privacy.
A few months after their visit, Branwell fell ill and died suddenly probably from TB exacerbated by his drinking. Then Emily caught a cold at his funeral and developed TB which killed her within a short time. She refused medicines and doctor. Anne's health began to weaken - she fought against the illness... and took the medicines offered but she was obviously mortally ill.. She and Charlotte and Ellen Nussey, Charlotte's friend, took a trip to Scarborough a town which Anne loved.. and she died there at the age of 29. She left very few writings, her poetry, and her 2 novels.. both of which were rather heavily moralistic.. but given time, her gifts might have developed. She is buried at Scarborough.....
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