Cowan Bridge is used as the model for Lowood in Jane Eyre.

It was here, in 1825, that Maria and Elizabeth fell ill, and died soon afterwards, probably from tuberculosis, and Charlotte and Emily were brought home. In 1824, she attended Cowan Bridge School for the daughters of poor clergy, alongside Maria, Elizabeth and Charlotte. The situation was thus set for the story of the Brontë sisters and their brother Branwell, all of whom were to make their creative mark.Įmily Brontë is often characterised as the stay-at-home, private sister, wedded to the moors and to Haworth Parsonage, but in fact, she spent significant periods away from Haworth. The proximity of these births was not unusual for the time however, their mother Maria succumbed to cancer and died in 1821.

Anne’s birth was to follow in 1820, and soon afterwards the family settled in Haworth. She was the fifth child, preceded by Maria (1814) and Elizabeth (1815), both to die as children, then Charlotte (1816), and Branwell (1817). None of this could have been predicted when Emily was born on July 30 th, 1818, in Thornton, near Bradford, where her father Patrick was the parson. It’s estimated that Wuthering Heights has been translated more than any other Bronte novel, into 61 languages (though some in abridged forms), see. Emily Brontë wrote only one novel, Wuthering Heights, but it has been supremely successful, reaching far beyond its origins in the Yorkshire moors to become popular in cultures far removed from the novel’s setting.

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