Emily Bronte Biography

Emily Jane Bronte was the popular English Novelist. She was the author of the popular English novel 'Wuthering Heights.' In 1847, Emily wrote the novel and published it under pseudonyms, with the author name  "Ellis Bell".   'Wuthering Heights' was the only novel published by her during her lifetime. But she expressed wide critical and commercial acclaims in that single novel.  Charlotte and Anne Bronte were the sisters of Emily Bronte and also famous authors.

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Emily Bronte Early Life 

Emily Bronte was born on 30th July 1818 in Thornton village in Yorkshire, England. Patrick Bronte was the father of Emily Bronte and he was an Anglican clergyman. Maria Branwell was the mother of Emily Bronte. Emily was the fifth child of his parents and she has two sisters, Charlotte and Anne Bronte and a brother, Branwell Bronte. All her sisters, brother and father have published several works during their lifetime. All her family members have the habit of enjoying literary success.  On April 1821, all their family members planned to move to Haworth. After giving birth to his sister Anne, the mother of Emily Maria Branwell Bronte died due to cancer. After her death, Emily’s mother’s sister, Elizabeth Branwell reached Haworth to live with Emily’s family and to care for the children.

According to Bronte Sisters Biography, While Emily Bronte was at the age of 6, she went to the  Clergy Daughters' School at Cowan Bridge with her two sisters Elizabeth and Maria.  Both of her sisters fall ill while returning from school to home. In 1825, the sisters of Bronte died due to tuberculosis. Later, Patrick Bronte, the father of Emily stopped Emily and Charlotte from going to school.

Emily and Charlotte started enjoying being at home in Haworth. And they started acquiring knowledge from home. Later, Emily got interested in reading books and began to create new stories with her siblings. All the children of Bronte got strong imagination power, through that they created tales inspired by toy soldiers given to Branwell by their father. In 1835, Emily Bronte tried to go to school. Later, Emily met Charlotte and joined Miss Wooler's school, which was located in Reo Head.  Charlotte was the teacher of the same school. Emily stayed only a few months in the school because she needs to move back to Haworth.

Since Emily Bronte came from a poor family, she was pushed to find a job. Later in September 1837, she started her career as a teacher at the Law Hill School. Later, she left her job and moved to Brussels for studies with her sister Charlotte in 1842. But the death of Emily Bronte’s aunt pushed them to return back to their home.

Emily Bronte Life And Works

According to the Biography Of Emily Jane Bronte, she was worked as a teacher at Law Hill School in Halifax. As she has health issues, she was under stress in 17 hours of working hours. So, she left her job in 1839. Then she started staying at home and engaged herself with household activities. Also, she learnt German from their book and also practised the piano.

In 1842, Emily and her sister Charlotte was planned to travel to Héger Pensionnat in Brussels, Belgium. They attended a girls academy, which was running by Constantin Héger for perfecting their  French and German before opening their school. Emily was refused to adopt Belgian fashions because she felt uncomfortable in Brussels. Also, Emily felt comfortable with French and also Heger was impressed with the strength of Emily's character, writing in French.

Emily and her sister committed themselves to their studies. Meanwhile, their term of studies came to an end. Emily qualified in French and both stayed in Brussels for another half year. Charlotte served as an English master and Emily became a competent pianist and teacher. Emily also got suggestions to stay there as a music teacher. But, aunt of her felt ill and died. So, her father asked them to return back to Haworth. In 1844, Emily Bronte and her sisters attempted to open a school near their house. Later, they dropped that plan as they could not attract students to the remote area.

Later, In 1844, Emily started going through all the poems and she recopied them in the two notebooks. She labelled one book as "Gondal Poems" and the other notebook remains unlabelled.  English scholars like Derek Roper and Fannie Ratchford were attempted to arrange the Gondal storyline and arrange them in order. In 1845, Charlotte, one of Emily Bronte Siblings discovered the notebook and asked her to publish the poem. But, Emily refused and kept them in privacy. Later, Charlotte attached her works to the poems and revealed them as her own manuscripts. At the same time, Emily wrote one of the famous poems “No coward soul is mine". Charlotte published the poem later she announced that it was not Emily’s poem. Anne and Emily co-authored Gondal stories and kept them in their privacy. But Charlotte excluded the story from their privacy.

According to Emily Jane Bronte Biography, In 1846 they published the sister’s poem as a single volume. With the penned name Currer, Ellis, and Acton Bell. Bronte sisters adopted pseudonyms for their publications. Emily Bronte’s sister Charlotte wrote and published  "ambiguous choice" and 'Biographical Notice of Ellis and Acton Bell'.

Emily’s 'Wuthering Heights'

According to Emily Jane Bronte Biography, 'Wuthering Heights' was the only novel written by Emily Bronte with her sister Anne. She expressed her frictional world called Gondal in her novel. Emily included both prose and poems in the novel and described her imaginary place and its inhabitants. Her sisters Charlotte and Anne found some other poems and prose of Emily and tried to include them along with their own work. As per Bronte Sisters Biography,  all three sisters have published their creativity with the pen name Male.  Their collections were published with the pen name Currer, Ellis, and Acton Bell. In 1846, the book of Emily Bronte sold a few copies and grasped the attention of few people.

In December 1847, Ellis Bell published her defining work as Wuthering Heights. This complex novel explores the life of the Earnshaws and the Lintons families and covered two generations. The name of their stately homes was Wuthering Heights and Thrushcross Grange.  Heathcliff, an orphan was played as the driving force between the action in the book. In Wuthering Heights novel, the hero in this novel was initially motivated by his life and  Catherine Earnshaw later they desire revenge against her for what he believed to be rejection.

Emily Bronte’s Cause Of Death

Initially, Emily’s work did not get enough recognition from the public or legends for Wuthering Heights. After her death, the book got a reputation as a literary masterwork and came under the notice of legendary authors. On 19th December 1848, tuberculosis stayed as Emily Bronte’s cause of death. Before two months, her brother Branwell also suffered and died due to the same disease. Later, her sister Anne also fell ill and dies due to tuberculosis.

Even today, many people showing interest in Bronte’s work and life. The parsonage was operated as a museum by Bronte society, where Bronte spent most of her lifetime. Also, Bronte society working for preserving the honours and literary work of the Bronte sisters.