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1818-1848. English novelist.

Her Childhood

Emily Brontë was born in Thornton, Yorkshire, in the north of England. She had four sisters (Charlotte, Anne, Elizabeth and Maria) and one brother (Branwall). Emily, Charlotte and Branwall were born in Thornton , while Elizabeth and Maria were born in Hartshead. Her father, Patrick Brontë, had moved from Ireland to Weatherfield, in Essex, where he taught in Sunday school. Eventually he settled in Yorkshire, the centre of his life's work. The lonely purple moors became one of the most important place in the life of the Brontë sisters and it was Emily's home until her death.

Emily's mother died of cancer in 1821. The six children spent most of their time reading and composing. It has been suggested tha Anne, Emily, Charlotte and their brother Barnwell wanted to escape from their unhappy childhood by creating imaginary worlds [Source?]. Perhaps they were inspired by Jonathan Swift's novelGulliver's Travels (1726).

After Mrs. Brontë's death, her sister, Elizabeth Barnwell, came from Cornwall to act as housekeeper; she trained the girls meticulously in all the household arts.

Her Education

In 1824 Emily and her three sisters were sent to Cowan Bridge School, a school for the daughters of improverished clergymen. Conditions in that school were frightful, and as a result Maria and Elizabeth died and Charlotte became ill. and then Mr. Bronte brought Emily and Charlotte home. Emily's father (Patrick Bronte) loved poetry; he published several books of prose and verse and wrote to local newspapers. After she returned from Cowan bridge school, she was largely educated at home; her father's bookshelf offered a variety of reading: the Bible, Homer, Virgil, Shakespeare, Milton, Byron, Scott and many others. When Charlotte was at the age of fifteen, she was sent to school at Roe Head and when she returned, she acted as a tutor to Emily and Anne. In 1835 Charlotte returned to Roe Head as a teacher and took Emily with her as a student. But Emily suffered from homesickness and returned home after only a few months.

Her Works

She wrote one novel, Wuthering Heights (1845-1846)
Poems (Emily's poems are used to interpret her novel, particularly those discussing isolation, rebellion, and freedom)

Recalling "No Coward Soul is mine", one of Emily's best poems, Wuthering Heights has been considered a mystical novel, a religious novel or a visionary novel. All the characters are round: they have good and bad qualities and they hate and love with equal intensity. Some characters are also depicted as brutal and violent, which is different from many romantic novels of the day. Heathcliff, the main character, is depicted as a wild, villainous, fierce anti-hero, Catherine as passionate heroine.

Sources

http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emily-Bronte.
James, Janet. Wuthering Heights Notes. Hesslington: U of York P, 1993.

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-Emily Bronte (1818-1848)
+-1848. English novelist.
-Contents:
-Her CHildhood
-Her Education
-Her Works
-Sources
-Her Childhood
+== Her Childhood ==
-Emily Bronte was born in Thornton, Yorkshire, in the north of England; she has four sisters (Charlotte, Anne, Elizabeth, and Maria) and one brother (Branwall). Emily, Charlotte and Branwall were born in Thornton and Yorkshire, while Elizabeth and Maria were born in Hartshead. Her father (Patrick Bronte) had moved from Ireland to Weatherfield, in Essex, where he taught in Sunday school. Eventually he settled in Yorkshire, the centre of his life's work. The lonely purple moors became one of the most important place in the life of the Bronte sisters and it was Emily's home until she died in December, Emily's mother died in 1821, a year after arriving at Haworth because of cancer, and she left six children and the children spent most of their time in reading and composition, Anne, Emily, Charlotte and their brother Barnwell wanted to escape from their unhappy childhood, by creating imaginary worlds – perhaps inspired by Jonathan swift's "Gulliver's travels (1726)", after Mrs. Bronte's death, Elizabeth Barnwell, Mrs. Bronte's sister came from Cornwall to act as housekeeper and she trained the girls meticulously in all the household arts.
+Emily Brontë was born in Thornton, Yorkshire, in the north of England. She had four sisters ([[Charlotte Brontë|Charlotte]], Anne, [[Elizabeth Brontë|Elizabeth]] and Maria) and one brother (Branwall). Emily, Charlotte and Branwall were born in Thornton , while Elizabeth and Maria were born in Hartshead. Her father, Patrick Brontë, had moved from Ireland to Weatherfield, in Essex, where he taught in Sunday school. Eventually he settled in Yorkshire, the centre of his life's work. The lonely purple moors became one of the most important place in the life of the Brontë sisters and it was Emily's home until her death.
-Emily was tall and slight, with a slouchy, loosejointed gait like that of a boy. She had a pale complexion, dark, beautiful hair, and lovely hazel eyes. Her features were irregular clothes that were completely outmoded. Emily was passionately fond of nature and animals and could be seen striding through the heather and bracken with her bulldog. The village of Haworth was very isolated and intensely Yorkshire and the people who live there were in strong contrast to the Celtic temperament. They were blunt, practical, stubborn, sparing of speech, vigorous and harsh to the point of brutality role in creating the uniqueness of Emily.
+Emily's mother died of cancer in 1821. The six children spent most of their time reading and composing. It has been suggested tha Anne, Emily, Charlotte and their brother Barnwell wanted to escape from their unhappy childhood by creating imaginary worlds [Source?]. Perhaps they were inspired by [[Jonathan Swift]]'s novel'''[[Gulliver's Travels]]''' (1726).
-Her Education
+After Mrs. Brontë's death, her sister, Elizabeth Barnwell, came from Cornwall to act as housekeeper; she trained the girls meticulously in all the household arts.
-In 1824 Emily and her three sisters were sent to Cowan bridge school, a School for the daughters of improverished clergymen. Conditions in that School were frightful, and as a result Maria and Elizabeth died, and charlotte became ill, and then Mr. Bronte brought Emily and Charlotte home. Emily's father (Patrick Bronte) loved poetry; he published several books of prose and verse and wrote to local newspapers. After she returned from Cowan bridge school, she was largely educated at home; her father's bookshelf offered a variety of reading: the Bible, Homer, Virgil, Shakespeare, Milton, Byron, Scott and many others. When charlotte was at the age of fifteen, she was sent to school at roe head, and when she returned she acted as a tutor to Emily and Anne. In 1835 Charlotte returned to roe head as a teacher and took Emily with her as a student. There Emily suffered from homesickness and then she returned after a few months to the moorland scenery of home.
+== Her Education ==
+In 1824 Emily and her three sisters were sent to Cowan Bridge School, a school for the daughters of improverished clergymen. Conditions in that school were frightful, and as a result Maria and Elizabeth died and Charlotte became ill. and then Mr. Bronte brought Emily and Charlotte home. Emily's father (Patrick Bronte) loved poetry; he published several books of prose and verse and wrote to local newspapers. After she returned from Cowan bridge school, she was largely educated at home; her father's bookshelf offered a variety of reading: the Bible, Homer, Virgil, Shakespeare, Milton, Byron, Scott and many others. When Charlotte was at the age of fifteen, she was sent to school at Roe Head and when she returned, she acted as a tutor to Emily and Anne. In 1835 Charlotte returned to Roe Head as a teacher and took Emily with her as a student. But Emily suffered from homesickness and returned home after only a few months.
-Her Works
+== Her Works ==
-. She wrote one novel" Wuthering Heights", it was written between 1845-1846.
+* She wrote one novel, ''Wuthering Heights'' (1845-1846)
-. Poems (Emily's poems are used to interpret her novel, particularly those discussing isolation, rebellion, and freedom).
+* Poems (Emily's poems are used to interpret her novel, particularly those discussing isolation, rebellion, and freedom)
-A Wuthering height considers as a mystical novel, a religious novel, or a visionary novel calls on "no coward soul is mine" one of her best poems. All the characters in this novel were human, they had good and bad qualities, and they could hate and love with equal intensity. The characters were depicted brutal and violent that it differed so much from the romantic novel of the day.
-Heathcliff the main character in Wuthering Heights was depicted as a wild, fierce antiheroes, a villain or willful, and Catherine as passionate heroine.
+''Recalling "No Coward Soul is mine", one of Emily's best poems, Wuthering Heights'' has been considered a mystical novel, a religious novel or a visionary novel. All the characters are round: they have good and bad qualities and they hate and love with equal intensity. Some characters are also depicted as brutal and violent, which is different from many romantic novels of the day. Heathcliff, the main character, is depicted as a wild, villainous, fierce anti-hero, Catherine as passionate heroine.
-The main themes in this novel are revenge and love.
-Sources:
+== Sources ==
-- www.htt://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emily-Bronte.
+* http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emily-Bronte.
-- Janet. James, Ph.D., Wuthering heights notes. University of York, Hesslington, England, 1993.
+* James, Janet. ''Wuthering Heights Notes''. Hesslington: U of York P, 1993.