The Life and Writings of Emily Bronte

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Emily Bronte was born July 30, 1818 in Thornton, Yorkshire, England. At the time when Emily was born there were a lot of changes going on in society: such as the Treaty between the U.S. and the U.K. that established the boundary between U.S. and British North America. Emily was the fifth child of Patrick Bronte and Maria Branwell. Among her siblings were: Maria and Elizabeth born in 1815, Charlotte in 1816, Patrick was in 1817, and Anne was last in 1819. After Anne was born the family moved to the village of Haworth in February 1820, although described as an unhealthy place riddled with disease, Patrick had no choice because he was appointed Clergymen. A few months after they had moved to Haworth the family found out that Mrs. Bronte was falling ill from cancer, and in September 1821 Maria Branwell passed away. Patrick Bronte became even more secluded than usual, so the children were left all on their own to look out for each other. Patrick had set very strict rules for the children including what they were allowed to wear and even eat. In the spring of 1824, the children had gotten whooping cough and measles. Patrick Bronte thought that if they had a “change of air” they would recover faster, so he started looking for a school. In 1824, Patrick had found a school that had just opened for girls and young women who had lost one or both parents. What he had found was The Clergy Daughters’ School at Cowan Bridge. Maria and Elizabeth were sent in July; Charlotte followed a month later in August. Emily was too young to attend school at that time so her and the remaining siblings stayed at home. In the months that Emily and her siblings were at home they were nearly caught in a natural eruption called the Crow Hill Bog Burst. The Cro... ... middle of paper ... ...an writing another Gondal poem about Civil War and never got to finish it. “She never left her imaginary world. As she stated in her Diary paper of 1845: ‘We intend sticking firm by the rascals as long as they delight us’” (Tales of Glass Town, Angria, and Gondal). Works cited. Robinson, Mary F. Emily Bronte. London. W.H. Allen, 1883. Print. The Bronte’s, and Alexander, Christine. Tales of Glass Town, Angria, and Gondal. U.S.A, The Oxford Press. 2010. Print. “ Emily Bronte” Encyclopedia Britannica. 11th ed. 1910. Print. C.D. Merriman. “Emily Bronte (1818-1848)”. Online-Literature.com. Jalic Inc. 2007. Web. 4 Dec. 2011. Brownson, Siobhan Craft. “Emily Jane Bronte” PoetryFoundation.org. Poetry Foundation. 2011. Web. 4 Dec. 2011. Famous poets and poems. “Emily Bronte Poems” famouspoetsandpoems.com. Famous Poets and Poems. 2006-2010. Web. 4 Dec. 2011.

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