One of the Guardians of the Devil, Emily Brontë

Emily, Jane, Brontë (July 30, 1818 – December 19, 1848), 19th century English writer and poet, the second of the famous Brontë sisters, the author of the world's literary masterpiece "Roaring Hills", and in fact, this is also the only novel in her life.

Emily Brontë was born in Thorton, Yorkshire, near Bradford, to Patrick Brontë and Maria Bromwell, the fifth of six children of the Brontës, and the sister of Charlotte Brontë and Anne Brontë.

His father, Patrick, was originally an Irish priest. Because Patrick Brontë had been a longtime associate pastor at Haworth from 1819, the Brontë family moved to Haworth in April 1820. It was in this environment that the literature of the three Brontë sisters began to sprout.

Just after the death of their mother, Maria, from cancer in 1829, the young Brontë sisters and their brother Patrick Bromwell Brontë created a realm of fantasy in their works (including Anglia and Gondale), which later became one of the main features of their work, although only a few of Emily's works from this period have survived.

Beginning in 1842, Emily worked as a tutor at a high school near Halifax, but left after six months because she missed her hometown.

Later, Emily and her sister Charlotte went to a private boarding school in Brussels, but this was interrupted by the death of Emily's aunt Elizabeth Bromwell. Later, in 1844, they considered establishing a school in their hometown. But I gave up because there were no students.

Emily's talent for poetry was recognized by her family, which prompted Emily to publish a book of poems with Charlotte and Anne in 1846.

Although the book did not attract much attention (only two copies were sold), they decided to continue writing.

And in order to avoid the prejudice against women writers at the time, the Brontë sisters adopted their more neutral names, keeping only the first letter of their names. Emily used the pseudonym Ellisbell, while Charlotte and Anne used the pseudonyms Currell Bell and Acton Bell respectively.

In 1847, Emily published her only novel, Roaring Heights, later than Charlotte's Jane Eyre. But before Anne's Agnes Gray.

"Roaring Heights" received quite polarized reviews when it was first published. Its new story structure was a bit confusing to critics at the time, but Roaring Hills is now considered one of the most peculiar and powerful novels in the history of English literature, and its content may have been influenced by Gothic novels.

In 1850. Charlotte treats Roaring Hill as Emily's independent work. And it is published under Emily's real name.

Emily is introverted and arrogant by nature. He likes to walk alone in the wilderness. She had never been in a relationship in her life. Like her sisters, Emily's body was weakened by the local climate.

During her brother's funeral in September 1848. Emily contracted a cold and refused to take medication. On December 19, 1848, Emily died of tuberculosis. Emily was later buried at St Michael's Church in Haworth, West Yorkshire.

Compared to his sisters, Emily Brontë is considered to be a typical genius writer who only shines for a short time. But mass works about Emily are uncommon.

Roaring Heights was first published in 1847. At the time, it was criticized for its depiction of the ugliness of human nature, and was called a "terrible and barbaric" book.

The book is full of lonely wilderness, remote castles, and rough love, and the atmosphere is gloomy and thick, which was not tolerated by the people at that time. His sister Charlotte Brontë's Jane Eyre has always been popular with critics, but over time, the novel has gradually become accepted by mainstream society, and is considered the best of all the works of the three Brontë sisters.

Emily Brontë's unique temperament, her perception of the world, and her attachment and description of the wasteland add a unique aesthetic meaning to this novel, which is what makes this novel significantly different from other Victorian novels.

It also inherits the techniques of Gothic novels such as symbolism, horror and mystery.

The novel is set in Yorkshire, in the north of England in the eighteenth century, where Lockwood, a young man from the city, rents a thrush grange in the marshland, and discovers a hidden past in Roaring Hill during a visit to his landlord, Heathcliff:

Earnshaw Sr., the former owner of Roaring Heights, once went to Liverpool on an errand and brought back an unidentified gypsy boy and named him Heathcliff.

The young boy robbed his master of his eldest son, Hindley, and his daughter, Catherine, and he gradually resented Hindley, but he became in love with Catherine.

After the death of Earnshaw Sr., Hindley and his wife Francis inherited the estate, and in retaliation, he reduced Heathcliff to slavery and persecuted him in every way.

Catherine, though still in love with Heathcliff, married Edgar Linton, the wealthy and handsome owner of Thrushcross Grange, for the sake of money, and Heathcliff ran away in anger on a stormy night.

Three years later, Heathcliff returns to the swamp, now a wealthy gentleman who decides to avenge his persecution of Hindley and the taking of his lover, Edgar.

He first stripped Hindley of his possessions and Roaring Hills by gambling, and raised Hindley's son Hareton to be a vulgar, ignorant servant.

Later, he also tricked Edgar Linton's sister Isabella into eloping with him, causing the Edgar Linton siblings to fall out of harmony. The growing conflict between Edgar Linton and Heathstream caused Catherine to struggle internally, and she died in childbirth, leaving behind her daughter, little Catherine.

Isabella, on the other hand, was mistreated after her marriage and fled to the city and gave birth to her son, Linton.

Still not satisfied, Heathcliff forced Edrington to hand over Isabella's son Linton, and later managed to force his daughter, Catherine Jr., to marry the frail Linton.

Edgar Linton died of illness soon after, leaving the estate and Thrushcross Grange to become the property of his nephew Linton, who died soon after, and the property eventually fell into the hands of Heathcliff, and little Catherine was imprisoned forever in Roaring Heights.

The revenge succeeded, but he felt empty in his heart, and even dug up Catherine's coffin, hoping to stay with her.

After his death, little Catherine and Hareton fell in love and inherited the estate of the lodge and the grange, and the unfulfilled love of the previous generation was compensated for in the next. Heathcliff's love for Catherine is brutal, but it is also irreplaceable.

Template: Some consider "Roaring Heights," "King Lear," and "Moby Dick" to be the three tragedies in English literature.

In 1948, the British writer Maugham said: "The ugliness and beauty coexist in 'Roaring Heights', and the power it expresses is also beyond the reach of ordinary novelists. And it is regarded as one of the top ten novels in the world. (To be continued......)