You give us a fairly complete overview of the lives of the Brontë sisters. As I said in a commentary on a past post of yours, they are writers who, although they were not milestones in the renewal of modern English literature, as will be the case, for example, Virginia Woolf, provided in their works a revealing vision of English society in the second half of the 19th century. Their combination of romanticism and realism gives access to the subjectivity (sensibility, ideas, customs) of the time, already marked by that great conservatism that was called "Victorianism". In the interesting film versions of her novels, in this case Jane Eyre, she has been able to represent these social and moral conditions. It would be interesting to have some commentary on her works, although your interest is in biography. I congratulate you on the excellent illustrations that accompany your text. Thank you, @honeydue.
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Honestly, I think Charlotte was indeed a great insight into life in the 19th century and into what society was like then. But Emily is so much more than that. Her Wuthering Heights is a great story about the human mind and heart, it's about psychology and feeling and about what makes us human. in a way transcends the simple 'view into the past' idea that is true for other writers.
Thanks for reading! :)