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How many of the Bronte sisters survived into adulthood?

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Of the six children born to Patrick Brontë and Maria Branwell Brontë, three survived into adulthood. Maria, the eldest, died at the age of 11 in 1825, and Elizabeth, the third, died at the age of 19 in 1828. Charlotte, Emily, and Anne Brontë all survived into adulthood and became famous writers.
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