... that we are so regularly faced with as readers is not representative of the times in which the Earnshaw's and the Linton's lived. Victorian readers would not be accustomed to the defect and brokenness that is so prominent in these families. The example set by Queen Victoria and Prince Albert was one of great moral standing which families living at this time tried to emulate. One family who ... did not fit the criteria for a perfect family life was, in fact, the Bronte's themselves. Emily's mother, Maria, died at a young age just 9 months after giving birth to Emily's sister, Anne. This ...

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