Emily Brontë - The Strange One - Biographical Documentary

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  @professorgraemeyorston · 3 years ago · pinned

  There is a huge amount of information on the Brontës but less on the elusive Emily. Many of the biographies about her are out of print, but Romer Wilson’s Life and Private History of Emily is well worth a read. <br>You can find it here ➡<a href="https://amzn.to/3KFpZJq">https://amzn.to/3KFpZJq</a>

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  @TurquoisCat · 11 months ago

  When they describe Emily&apos;s personality, it&apos;s like they&apos;re describing me. Why is it so bad to be quiet? People act like you&apos;re a freak if you don&apos;t enjoy socializing.

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  @pennydreadful5217 · 3 years ago (edited)

  I do not think she is the least well known of the Bronte sisters, I think Anne is. Emily&apos;s book is in my opinion the greatest Bronte novel

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  @AnnaLee33 · 3 years ago

  You don&apos;t have to be &quot;on the spectrum&quot; of a mental disorder, &nbsp;to be completely annoyed by shallow conversation, &quot;small talk&quot; or idle chatter. That&apos;s normal for highly intelligent people, or for highly sensitive people. Intelligence or sensitivity are not illnesses and disorders, the are SUPER POWERS. But we need to flock with birds of a feather, or we all end up frustrated and exhausted.

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  @martahernandez9784 · 3 years ago (edited)

  Emily understood people better than the average person. Her portrayal of the tortured characters in Wuthering Heights &nbsp;is brilliant. Only a highly sensitive and observant person of the human condition could write as analytically as she did with an abundance of depth and melancholy.

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  @julieolson1402 · 3 years ago

  As a severely abused young child, I could relate to &quot;Wuthering Heights&quot; very well. It was always presented as a love story, but the novel was much more about hate. A hate so large and consuming as to not be of this world. Yet, Heathcliff survives it. He survives, but he doesn&apos;t live. I think some people are much more aware of the the spiritual realities of existence than others, and it makes them open &nbsp;to labels of mental illness.

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  @devikakaul1494 · 3 years ago

  Emily Bronte is my favourite writer. I think one of the reasons I loved Wuthering heights was because the sheer wild nature of her characters made me realise that I understood her. I always regarded her characters as a correct description of my spirit and soul. It is interesting to know that Emily Bronte had a shy nature and social anxiety. I have the same inability to mix with people. I prefer Nature and my animals to human company.

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  @janesgems7 · 3 years ago

  Emily wrote a book that was way ahead of its time, dealing with such topics as racism, the brutality of the class system and also how a lifetime of abuse can damage a person...to say nothing of the destructive power of hate and revenge. Incredible piece of work.

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  @BigDog366 · 3 years ago

  Listening to this as a 60-something woman without a single friend, but with almost two dozen published novels set in a world rich with life and love and intense friendship, I think you&apos;ve got Emily Bronte spot on. I wrote my thesis on her in university, so she&apos;s always been a favourite of mine. Even as a child, my inner life was richer than my real one. Real people always seem to disappoint me. My characters never do.

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  @HarryFlashmanVC · 1 year ago

  It is extraordinary how a 30 year old spinster growing up in a small village could have such an in depth understanding of the human condition. <br>Her writing style is similar to Dostoyevsky, another with psychological challenges

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  @gulandamfarhat5920 · 3 years ago

  I am so fascinated with Emily&apos;s character. She was so truly unique. Her only novel &quot;The Wuthering Hieghts&quot; is my huge favourite. Her life history saddens me so much and I cannot help wondering and thinking &nbsp;what a flowering and flourishing genius she might have proven to be had she been allowed to live a full life. My heart goes out to the Bronte sisters and Emily is my favourite among them. She was truly a one of a kind. May she always rest in peace. If I ever pay a visit to the UK, I would love to visit the Bronte museum.

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  @sheilaoneil18 · 1 year ago

  I am &nbsp;fascinated by Emily Bronte, always have been. Her care for Branwell endears her to me very much indeed. Her love for animals too is beautiful. She was strong and brave. She was involved in all the household chores, seeing their worth, and at the same time she was quiet and unobtrusive and wrote the most wonderful poetry. Wuthering Heights leaves the writing of her very talented sisters in the shade. A true masterpiece. &nbsp;Rest in peace dear Emily.

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