Emily bronte biography powerpoint assignment

Presentation on theme: "Emily Bronte 1818 - 1848."— Presentation transcript:

1 Emily Bronte

2 Her Life Emily lived in a small village in the remote Yorkshire moors
She had five siblings; her mother died when Emily was just two

3 Sent to a boarding school for the children of poor clergy, crisis marked the family when the two older girls died because of the school’s unhealthy conditionsReturning home, Emily and her remaining siblings were taught by her father

4 Although Emily rarely left home after her experiences in boarding school, she and her siblings had rich and imaginative livesHer brother and sister created a series of book-length manuscripts containing plays they created as childrenEmily and her sister Anne created their own series about an imaginary island called Gondal

5 Emily died just a year after the publication of her first novel, Wuthering Heights
She was only 30 years old

6 Her WorkEmily’s sister, Charlotte, recognized th Emily bronte bibliography!