The realm of Gondal became a lifelong interest for Brontë and, according to many scholars, was a major imaginative source for her writings. Emily and Anne later invented a romantic legend centered upon the imaginary Pacific Ocean island of Gondal. Literary Life at Haworth In 1826, Patrick Brontë bought a set of wooden toy soldiers for his children, which opened up a rich fantasy world for Emily and her siblings Charlotte, Branwell, and Anne. In 1825, she was sent to the Clergy Daughters' School at Cowan Bridge, but she returned home when her sisters Maria and Elizabeth became ill at the institution and died. She was raised by her father and maternal aunt at his new parson-age in Haworth following her mother's death in 1821. Works in Biographical and Historical ContextĮarly Tragedies Emily Jane Brontë was born on July 30, 1818, at the parsonage at Thorton in Yorkshire, England, the fifth child and fourth daughter of the Reverend Patrick Brontë and Maria Branwell Brontë. On her only novel, Wuthering Heights, which has attracted generations of readers and critics and is a literary classic. Although she led a brief and sheltered life, she left behind some of the most passionate and inspired writing in Victorian literature. Emily Brontë is considered one of the most important yet elusive figures in nineteenth-century English literature.
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