Emily Brontë Book summary

 Emily Brontë was born in Yorkshire and was the middle sister of the three popular novelists Brontë sisters, including Charlotte Brontë, who was the eldest, and Anne Brontë, who was the youngest. Emily Brontë was born in Yorkshire in 1818, to a clergyman. Emily's mother passed away when she was just a child, and she was then raised by her devout methodist aunt who is believed to have served as the inspiration for the character of Joseph, the servant at Wuthering Heights. Emily spent most of her life in isolation in the moors of Northern England that later became the setting of her novel and also served as an important symbol. Emily and her siblings spent a lot of their childhood creating fictional worlds that later became the inspiration for several stories and plays. The two most important worlds they created were Gondal and Angria, while the other siblings eventually left behind these fictional worlds, Emily continued to write about the world of Gondal late into her life.

All the Brontë sisters wrote under male names since women novelists were dismissed outright in the 19th century, while Charlotte eventually revealed her true name, both Anne and Emily died before they could gain recognition for their work.