Emily Jane Brontë was born on July 30, 1818 in Yorkshire, England. She was the fifth of six children born to Maria Branwell and Patrick Brontë. When Brontë was six the family moved to Haworth, in the country, where Brontë and her sister Charlotte did most of their writing. The four oldest sisters in the family, including Emily, attended the Clergy Daughter's School, but were removed when the oldest daughter became sick with tuberculosis. Sisters Maria and Elizabeth died at home soon after, leaving Charlotte and Emily and their brother Patrick to be educated by their father. Much of Emily's childhood included inventing and playing out stories with her siblings and wrting poems and scraps of other stories. Emily attempted to be a teacher at a nearby school,but couldn't handle the stress level and returned home. She stayed at home occupying herself with household chores and teaching herself German and the piano. When she was twenty six she traveled to Brussels, Belgium with her sister Charlotte. They were attempting to gain skills to open their own school in England. Upon return home, the sisters attempted to open their school, but could not encourage many students to come to their remote school. In 1846 Emily along with her two other sisters who had also been writing throughout their teenage and adult lives, published a collection of poetry called poems by Currer, Ellis and Acton Bell, their pen names. The following year in 1847, Emily published her only novel, Wuthering Heights under her real name. In 1848 Emily fell ill with a cold, her condition worsened partly due to the fact that she refused medical care. She died on December 1848. Emily had few friends and wrote few letters during her life. She kept to herslef, but nevertheless was remembered by her family and those who knew her for her force of character. About her, Charlotte wrote "In Emily's nature, the extremes of vigour and simplicity seemed to meet...her temper was magnanimous, but warm and sudden; her spirit alltogether unbending." Emily grew up reading such authors as Johnathan Swift (Gulliver's Travels), John Milton (Paradise Lost), Mary Shelley (Frankenstein) and William Blake (poet).
Emily Jane Bronte
A portrait of Emily Bronte, painted by her brother Branwell Bronte
Saturday, March 5, 2011
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Emily Jane Brontë was born on July 30, 1818 in Yorkshire, England. She was the fifth of six children born to Maria Branwell and Patrick Brontë. When Brontë was six the family moved to Haworth, in the country, where Brontë and her sister Charlotte did most of their writing. The four oldest sisters in the family, including Emily, attended the Clergy Daughter's School, but were removed when the oldest daughter became sick with tuberculosis. Sisters Maria and Elizabeth died at home soon after, leaving Charlotte and Emily and their brother Patrick to be educated by their father. Much of Emily's childhood included inventing and playing out stories with her siblings and wrting poems and scraps of other stories. Emily attempted to be a teacher at a nearby school,but couldn't handle the stress level and returned home. She stayed at home occupying herself with household chores and teaching herself German and the piano. When she was twenty six she traveled to Brussels, Belgium with her sister Charlotte. They were attempting to gain skills to open their own school in England. Upon return home, the sisters attempted to open their school, but could not encourage many students to come to their remote school. In 1846 Emily along with her two other sisters who had also been writing throughout their teenage and adult lives, published a collection of poetry called poems by Currer, Ellis and Acton Bell, their pen names. The following year in 1847, Emily published her only novel, Wuthering Heights under her real name. In 1848 Emily fell ill with a cold, her condition worsened partly due to the fact that she refused medical care. She died on December 1848. Emily had few friends and wrote few letters during her life. She kept to herslef, but nevertheless was remembered by her family and those who knew her for her force of character. About her, Charlotte wrote "In Emily's nature, the extremes of vigour and simplicity seemed to meet...her temper was magnanimous, but warm and sudden; her spirit alltogether unbending." Emily grew up reading such authors as Johnathan Swift (Gulliver's Travels), John Milton (Paradise Lost), Mary Shelley (Frankenstein) and William Blake (poet).
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