Who was Emily Brontë? This is a question not easily answered. This thoughtful chronology of her brief life by W. Robertson Nicoll was part of the introduction to the 1908 edition of The Complete Poems of Emily Brontë. It provides much insight into how she lived and worked.

Emily Brontë (1818 – 1848), the English author known for the novel Wuthering Heights, was also recognized as a brilliant poet. The sister of Charlotte and Anne Brontë, she is arguably the most enigmatic of the trio who produced some of the most widely read classics in English literature.

Emily lived only to age thirty and led a sheltered life at Haworth Parsonage in Yorkshire. After her boarding school education,  brief sojourn to study in Brussels, and even briefer stint as a governess, she rarely engaging with anyone outside of her immediate family. That appeared to have been by choice.

Read More→