Death Comes For The Archbishop Essay, Research Paper

“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, who

taught her in Brussels, was impressed by her ‘powerful reason’ and ’strong,

imperious will’.

“Emily Jane Bronte began writing poems at an early age and published twenty-one

of them, together with poems by Anne and Charlotte, in 1846 in a slim volume

titled Poems by Currer, Ellis, and Acton Bell. At an even earlier age, she

collaborated with Charlotte, Branwell, and Anne on the ‘plays’ and tales that

developed into the Glass Town saga. By 1834, Emily and Anne were thoroughly

engaged in writing their own saga involving two imaginary islands in the north

and south Pacific, Gondal and Gaaldine. No early prose narratives survive, but

several poems by Emily and Anne refer to Gondal places and characters. Emily

Jane Bronte is best known for her only novel, Wuthering Heights, published

under her pseudonym of Ellis Bell in 1847, almost exactly a year before her

death on 19 December 1848. She became ill after attending Branwell’s funeral,

and died of tuberculosis after an illness of about three months.”

Three writers who influenced the direction

of the English novel also happened to be

sisters. Charlotte, Emily, and Anne Bronte

were all born in Thornton, England in the early

1800s. Their father Patrick was born in

Ireland, educated in England, and became an

Anglican clergyman. He and his wife had six

children. The two oldest daughters, Maria and

Elizabeth died before reaching adulthood. Of

the remaining children, Charlotte was the

eldest, born April 21, 1816; followed by

brother Patrick Branwell, born June 26, 1817;

then Emily, born July 30, 1818; and Anne,

born January 17, 1820.

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