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Emily Bronte is born
Emily is born at Thornton in Yorkshire. She had 5 siblings: Charlotte, Branwell, Anne, Maria and, Elizabeth. Her parents are: Patrick and, Maria Bronte. -
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The Life and Times of Emily Bronte
a time line of emily brontes life -
The Family Moves to Haworth Parsonage
The setting for her future book Wuthering Heights -
Emily's mother dies
Her death was due to cancer. Emily was 3 when her mother died. -
Maria, Elizabeth and Charlotte Go to Clergy Daughters' School at Cowman Bridge.
It was a school for children who had 1 or no parents. -
Emily Heads off to the Same School to Join Her Sisters.
The school is horrible, it has very harsh punishments, has terrible food, and unsanitary living conditions. Teaching was based off of fear. (lucky for Emily she was a favorite with the teachers) -
Maria Died
After being taken home from the school in february she died of consumption at home. Emily was age 7. -
Emily and Charlotte are Brought Home from School.
Their older sister Elizabeth had been brought home at the end of may after their sister had died. -
Elizabeth dies
She died at home of consumption just a month after Maria. -
Patrick (dad) Brings a set of Toy Soldiers from Leeds for Branwell
The significance of this is that this is what started the Brontes writings. Charlotte and Branwell would make up stories about an imaginary kingdom which they called Glass Town and then Angeria. -
Charlotte goes to Roe Head School
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Charlotte comes home from school
She decides she will bring one of her sisters back to the school with her. She chooses emily because she wants to furthen her relationship with her.. -
Emily an Anne start writing about Gondal
They broke away from their older siblings imaginary world and started their own called Gondal. They wrote about it in a diary they shared. At about age 16. -
Emily goes to Roe head with her sister (whose a teacher)
She hates it there. she grew very home sick. another idea is that she found the teaching childish and unstimulating. Emily couldnt function socially and liked to isolate her self. -
Not liking Roe Head Emily goes home and is replaced by Anne
she had stayed there for 9 months. -
Emily Writes Poems
Due to the fact that Emily has alot of alone time she starts writing poems about gondal and anything that came to her mind. -
Emily Gets a Job
Emily tried 1 and only 1 job. she got a job at Law Hill school. She couldnt/wouldnt associate herself with others. She didnt even like her students She even once told them that she preferred animals to them. -
Branwells portrait of emily
The only picture of emily.Was created when branwell was trying to be a portrait painter on one of Emily's breaks from teaching at Lawhill. in this picture Emily is age 21. -
Emily Returned home From Law hill
She started becoming depressed once more and suffered a mental collapse/decided she couldnt endure living away from home. -
Anne went to be a governess with the Robinson family
Therefore emily and anne started writing seperate diary entrys. During this time Emily was her fathers closest most beloved child he started teaching her latin a subject usually for boys. -
To london go Emily Charlotte and Patrick (Dad)with their friends the Taylors
they stay there for three days and move on -
The party moves on its way to Brussles in Belgium
They started going to a school Pensionnat Heger. Charlotte didnt like it there but fell in love with one of her teachers Constantin Heger who Emily dispiesed (she really liked the school though). -
Aunt Branwell Died
The Brontes had to return home because their aunt died. Emily is approximatley age 34 -
Charlotte returns to Brussles
There is a teaching job available for Charlotte in Brussles so she returns (plus the man shes in love with Constinant Hegar lives there) -
Anne Resigned her job at Thorpe green
It had been five years the longest a Bronte had ever held a job . She resigned because she fell in love with her benefactor (who was married) and it would never have worked out. When at home she and Emily go on a 2 day trip to York. -
Poems By Currer, Ellis and, Action Bell are Published
They Wrote under diferent names because they thought their poems wouldnt be likley to be bought if they were writen by women. -
Begin Their Rounds at the Publishing Houses
The Novels Wuthering Heights-Emily, Agnes Grey-Anne, The Professor-Charlotte -
Emily and Charlotte go to Manchester
They go to get an eye surgon to operate on their father Patrick. -
Wuthering Heights and Agnes Grey Are accepted
By Tomas Newby for publication but only at their own expence. -
Charlotte starts sending out her new novel Jane Eyre
Her prior novel may not have be chosen because it was rejected or Charlotte rejected the publisher. -
Jane Eyre Was Published
It was an imediate sucess -
Wuthering Heights and Agnes Grey are published
Most of the reviews of Wuthering heights (emily's book) were bad. The book challenged and even ignors the fictional and moral convections of its time. Emily is age 39 by now. -
Newby Writes to Emily about her 2nd novel
We dont know if their really was a second novel but it was spoken of and she aparently wasnt satisfied with it. -
Branwell Died
He was depressed and had a broken heart (he was rejected by a women who he worked for (she was married), It was almost as if he was determined to die. Many local legends are based around his death. -
Emily Becomes Sick
After Branwells Funeral Emily Grew very sick but refused to see a docter. She knew that she was suffering from consumption. -
Emily Dies
As Emily was sitting on her sofa awaiting her death her last few words showed her sardonic humor saying, "if you will send for a doctor, I will see him now."
