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Largely self-educated, Emily Bronte (1818-1848) was her father's favorite daughter and spent most of her life at the rectory in Haworth, on the edge of the Yorkshire moors. She lead a protected, uneventful existence, with almost no social contacts. Robert Barnard examines her insulated childhood, peculiarities, social boorishness, and aversion to relationships. He includes excerpts of Emily's lyrical poems of her twenties which presage the raw intensity of Wuthering Heights. Many aspects of her only novel are shaped by her own experiences, and the author traces the real-life counterparts of characters, landscape, and buildings. He draws extensively from critical sources varying from early reviews of Wuthering Heights to Gaskell's appraisal of Emily's "stern selfishness," to Juliet Barker's recent biography of the Bronte family.

This illustrated biography examines the life and legacy of Emily Bronte. The enigma that a young woman from such a closed and protected environment as a Yorkshire rectory could write the wildly romantic and complex "Wuthering Heights" has long been a source of fascination. Largely self-educated, Emily spent most of her life at the rectory in Haworth. Her solitary instincts are well-known, and the biographer's task has been made no easier by her refusal to give anything of herself away to anyone during her lifetime. Robert Barnard examines her insulated childhood, and the stories of Gondal and Angria, leading to the lyrical poems of her twenties which prefigure the raw intensity of "Wuthering Heights". He demonstrates that many aspects of "Wuthering Heights" were shaped or stimulated by her own experiences, many of which can be traced to real examples. He also refers extensively to other critical sources, from early reviews of "Wuthering Heights" to Mrs. Gaskell's appraisal of Emily's "stern selfishness", to Juliet Barker's recent biography of the Bronte family.

·:The enigma that a young woman from such a closed and protected environ-ment as a Yorkshire parsonage could write the wildly romantic, complex, andunconventional Wuthering Heights has long fascinated readers.Largely self-educated, Emily Bront6 spent most of her short life at the familyhome in Haworth, England. Her solitary instincts are well known, and everybiographer's task has been complicated by her refusal to reveal anything ofherself during her lifetime.In this fascinating biography, Robert Barnard examines Emily Bront6'sinsulated childhood, the lyrical poems of her twenues that prefigure the rawintensity of Wuthering Heights, and the sources and inspiration for WutheringHeights itself. The author draws not only on Bront6's own writing, but also onthe words of her friends and family to present a full picture of her life andcharacter. Also crucial to this story are recent discoveries concerningBront6's studies of the classics, glimpses of her in her brother's recentlypublished juvenilia, and her little-known writing during her year of study inBrussels.