Anne Brontë was the love of Emily’s life, with family friend Ellen Nussey describing them as ‘like twins - inseparable companions, and in the very closest sympathy, which never had any interruption’.Ģ. She was happiest in her own company, or with her beloved sister Anne. For someone who understood the varieties of love so well, it seems that Emily herself never knew romantic love. Wuthering Heights is the greatest book ever written, and one full of passion and love, if of a twisted and sometimes frightening kind. Emily is perhaps the most mysterious member of the literary family from Yorkshire that we all know and love, so let’s take a look at 10 things you didn’t know about Emily Brontë. That was more than enough, however, and today Emily Brontë is celebrated the world over as one of the greatest writers the world has ever seen. Emily Jane Brontë died from tuberculosis on 19 December of that year, leaving just one novel, Wuthering Heights, and a collection of poetry to posterity. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.For most households the week before Christmas is a joyous one filled with happiness and anticipation, but it was rather different for one household on the western edge of Yorkshire in December 1848. Sure, some fans will know how Emily’s story ends in real life, but the movie will have you wanting more drama from the Brontë siblings’ lives.Įmma Mackey (as Emily Brontë): “You’ll wait and see.”Ĭopyright 2023 Sunbeam Television Corp.

Oliver Jackson-Cohen (as William Weightman): “You’re supposed to be an artist, so be an artist.” Oliver Jackson-Cohen: “We all lived in a house together, and we shot up in Yorkshire, and that was just an incredible experience, the shooting of the movie.” For him, living with the cast was rewarding. Malcolm’s List” plays Emma’s on-screen love interest. Those are very key elements of her life, key aspects of her life.” I love reading books, I love music, I love languages. Taking on the role of Emily is “Sex Education” star Emma Mackey, who says she has a lot in common with the novelist.Įmma Mackey: “I love reading. Oliver Jackson-Cohen (as William Weightman): “Do what?” The story is a fictional version of the novelist’s relationship with churchman William Weightman.įrances O’Connor: “The only invented piece, really - and we don’t know - is the relationship with William Weightman, but actually, so much in the film is actually historically accurate.”Įmma Mackey (as Emily Brontë): “Any man can speak, but what I want to know is can he can actually do.” Emma Mackey (as Emily Brontë): “Do you think I could be a writer?”

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