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Emily Bronte Bibliography

"Emily Jane Bronte was born at Thornton in Yorkshire on 30 July 1818, the fifth
of six children of Patrick and Maria Bronte (nee Branwell). Two years later,
her father was appointed perpetual curate of Haworth, a small, isolated hill
village surrounded by moors. Her mother died shortly after her third birthday
and she and her sisters and brother were brought up by their aunt, Elizabeth
Branwell. Apart from a few short periods, she remained in Haworth. Her only
close friendships were those with her brother Branwell and her sisters
Charlotte and Anne; only three perfunctory letters by her survive.

"From accounts by those who knew Emily Jane Bronte, there emerges a consistent
portrait of a reserved, courageous woman with a commanding will and manner. In
the biographical note to the 1850 edition of Wuthering Heights, Charlotte
Bronte attributes to her sister 'a secret power and fire that might have
informed the brain and kindled the veins of a hero', while Monsignor Heger,......


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