Emily Brontë - The Strange One? 

Isn’t Anne Brönte the least well known of the Brönte Sisters? I’ve heard of Emily, and of Wurthering Heights but I have never heard of Anne or any of her books.

The whole Brontë family experienced unfortunate situations throughtout their whole lives. Diseases and death were so common. They all died very early.

Autism was the first condition that came to mind as you started listing her problems. Many university professors are on the autistic spectrum.

Emilys love for the darkest of winter days, the cold lashings of the rain as she walked on the sodden moors with Keeper, brought more happiness to her than any Van Gough sun... she thrived on privacy independence.. her love for the wild open spaces brought the essence of her creation in the form of the wild unforgiven HEATHCLIFF,.. she knew him well... untamed, unmanageable, yet in an instance forgiving.. she knew him,.. she was him.....

It's honestly an astounding novel for even today's time. The melancholy darkness of this novel is other worldy. She puts words together that don't seem to belong but the emotion behind them makes them fit perfectly. There's a sense of light within the overwhelming darkness which seems to be Emily's or (Katherine's) ultimate and overwhelming love for the land that she grew up in. Anytime Emily talked about the land, she made sure to bluntly state how intense the landscape actually is and how miserable it can be but that its become so familiar and somewhat peaceful in that sense for her. She can constantly spot something beautiful within it... Katherine had the yearning for change and greater things but constantly battled the overwhelming need for what's familiar and dear, which is possible that that is what Emily battled as well. That's probably what k*lled Katherine in the novel. She couldn't find inner peace with herself and that stumped a lot of people back then, and even today. The idea that someone can become so stressed and constantly at war with their contrasting feelings that it can literally k*ll them from the stress of it all, was and is, simply unbelievable to many people. I can definitely see that Emily could have been autistic. A brilliant mind all around though. Wuthering Heights and Jane Eyre have a similar vibe but Wuthering Heights is definitely more of an emotional and mental rollercoaster.. its a novel you really have to sit back and decipher the real and underlying meaning behind certain phrases or situations. And all of this is excluding the stresses that she fought with her incredible love for Heathcliff.

I just love Chloe Pirrie in the role of Emily Bronte in To walk invisible' , an excellent actress who deserves many high profile roles.

If you like Wuthering Heights, you should check out here poems too. They're re just stunning.

Or she could have been an introvert, extremely shy & like most of us introverts, extremely disappointed in other people (judgement, prejudices, behaviours, social norms etc) food for thought.😊 🙂

One of the best and saddest books and movies ive seen(b/w laurence olivier film only)

The moral of the novel: there is no moral 💀 I think i might have nostalgia too ❤😂

I agree that Emily was likely autistic.

She was asocial, not antisocial.

Nostalgia, it's not what it used to be.

Because people dont like being around other people most foul want to enjoy their moments surrounded in beauty should not imply a disorder. Psychiatry is always with the implicit assumption that there is a standard to compare against.

As an extremely introverted person, I think Emily was just an introvert.

I kinda relate to Emily. Is tha bad?

Y’all call everyone autistic now. Its so trendy.

Don’t you think it might a little insensitive to feature autistic people on a show called “insane history”?

Bs. She was an athiest but had to keep it silent and she hated hypocrisy. She wrote more than wh and anyone who had read her work knows she was perfectly normal. They'll also know she was a stoic, an athiest and she hated wilful ignorance and hypocrisy. She wrote an entire work speaking of against hypocrisy. That's why she shunned most of society because she couldn't stand weakness of character.

I laughed out loud at how idiotic and ignorant this is. Don't you know anything about introversion? Everything you are saying are signs of being an introvert. Being anti social is often due to someone being hurt by people or disliking the awful things that people say and do. Who could blame her? I cant function around people because they have put me through so much misery and I find human beings so toxic. But i am not mentally ill, just an introverted empath. Like Emily I adore nature and animals. My advice is you study a bit more about introversion before you make an introvert think they are autistic!

She was literally just a Leo. Leave us alone

Or just liked to be at home not everyone has a disorder