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I think part of why we live longer now is better sanitation and such as well. So I could see that being a contributing factor in why the Bronte's died young. I mean water is cleaner, we eat more vitamin filled foods and pests like the mosquito are better controlled now than they were then. Bramwell (their brother) I understand was a wastrel and drunk so if he died young it's no wonder. Plus a lot of their literary efforts were probably directed towards trying to help Bramwell sort himself out and it wouldn't surprise me if they suffered privations while trying to pull him out of his downward spiral, privations that contributed to their own early deaths.
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