They created tales inspired by toy soldiers given to Branwell by their father. The surviving Brontë children, which included brother Branwell, had strong imaginations. She read extensively and began to make up stories with her siblings. Brontë's father removed both Emily and Charlotte from the school as well.Īt home in Haworth, Brontë enjoyed her quiet life. Both Elizabeth and Maria became seriously ill at school and returned home, where they died of tuberculosis in 1825. Her mother's sister, Elizabeth Branwell, came to live with the family to help care for the children.Īt the age of 6, Emily was sent to the Clergy Daughters' School at Cowan Bridge with Charlotte and her two oldest sisters, Elizabeth and Maria. Only a few months later, Brontë's mother died of cancer her death came nearly nine months after the birth of her sister, Anne.

The family moved to Haworth in April 1821. Her father had published several works during his lifetime, too.Įmily was the fifth child of Reverend Patrick Brontë and his wife, Maria Branwell Brontë.

She was not the only creative talent in her family-her sisters Charlotte and Anne enjoyed some literary success as well. Early Lifeīorn on July 30, 1818, in Thornton, Yorkshire, England, Emily Brontë is best remembered for her 1847 novel, Wuthering Heights. As 'Ellis Bell,' Emily wrote Wuthering Heights (1847)-her only published novel-which garnered wide critical and commerical acclaim. The sisters enjoyed writing poetry and novels, which they published under pseudonyms. Emily Jane Brontë lived a quiet life in Yorkshire with her clergyman father brother, Branwell Brontë and two sisters, Charlotte and Anne.

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