She was the fifth of six siblings. His family traveled to Haworth in 1820, with his father appointed as rector. Her mother passed away on September 21, 1821. Later, in 1824, Charlotte and Emily were sent along with their older sisters, Maria and Elizabeth, to study at school. Clergy daughters, at Cowan Bridge (Lancashire).
Nevertheless, they got sick with tuberculosis. It was also then that his sister Charlotte inspired him to describe the lowood college, which is in his novel Jane evre. Her sisters Maria and Elizabeth returned to Haworth in a state of illness, dying of tuberculosis in 1825. For this reason, their parents withdrew Charlotte and Emily from boarding school.
Emily started working as a governess at Law Hill, in 1838. Then together with her sister Charlotte, they were students of a private school in Brussels, until the death of an aunt. Making her return to England and from then on she remained managing the family home.
The concern in his aftermath was Branwell, which was the “black sheep” of the family. Despite your supposed efforts he did not do well in the painting and he was fired from his job at the railroad offices. It was also a dipsomaniac and opiate. However, Emily always took care of him.
In 1846, Charlotte found by fortuitous circumstances a book of Emily’s poetry, being after a time that she together with her sisters publish a book of poetry. Using male pseudonyms: Currer bell, Ellis bell Y Acton bell.
Emily published that same year Wuthering Heights, which is a classic of English literature.
He died on December 19, 1848, for tuberculosis, at the age of 30. She was buried in the St Michael of All Saints church in Haworth, West Yorkshire, England.
His work Wuthering Heights it has been brought to the big screen on multiple occasions since silent movies.