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==Adulthood==
[[File:Painting of Brontë sisters.png|thumb|Branwell Brontë painted himself out of this painting of his three sisters Anne, Emily, and Charlotte, {{c.|1834}}.]]
With his father, Brontë reviewed the classics with a view to future employment as a tutor.<ref name=odnb/> At the beginning of January 1840, he started his employment with the family of Robert Postlethwaite in [[Broughton-in-Furness]].<ref name=odnb/> During this time he wrote letters to his pub friends in Haworth which give "a vivid picture of Branwell's scabrous humour, his boastfulness, and his need to be accepted in a man's world".<ref name="BarnardBarnard2013"/> According to Brontë, he started his job off with a riotous drinking session in [[Kendal]].<ref name="BarnardBarnard2013"/><ref name="Dinsdale2006"/>
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==Cultural references==
[[File:Emily Brontë cropped.jpg|thumb|Portrait by Brontë about 1833; it is disputed whether the image is of Emily or Anne Brontë.<ref name="Portrait">{{cite web|url=http://www.brontesisters.co.uk/The-Profile-Portrait-Emily-or-Anne.html|title=The Brontë Sisters - A True Likeness? - The Profile Portrait - Emily or Anne|website=Brontesisters.co.uk|access-date=22 September 2018}}</ref>]]
[[Polly Teale]] wrote a 2005 play entitled ''[[Brontë (play)|Brontë]]'' about the three sisters, in which Branwell was portrayed as a drunk and jealous brother due to the growing successes of his sisters.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Teale |first=Polly |date=13 August 2005 |title=Polly Teale on dramatising the Brontës |url=https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2005/aug/13/theatre.classics |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221208065230/https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2005/aug/13/theatre.classics |archive-date=Dec 8, 2022 |website=The Guardian}}</ref>
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