Netflix quietly adds ‘striking’ movie about beloved author
It was a huge hit with critics!
A ‘beautifully imagined portrait’ of the life of writer Emily Bronte is now available to watch on Netflix.
Released in 2022, the biographical drama Emily is a part-fictionalised take on the author, best known for her only novel Wuthering Heights, now considered a classic of English literature.
During her life Bronte, who published under the pen name Ellis Bell, also wrote a book of poetry with her sisters Charlotte and Anne titled Poems by Currer, Ellis and Acton Bell.
Despite her being one of the most celebrated English authors across history, her solitary nature while she was alive has made it difficult for biographers and historians to discover more about her.
It was said Emily never made any friends outside of her family and that she was unsociable and had an extremely shy nature. In 1848, at the age of 30, Bronte died from tuberculosis.
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However, a few years ago the film Emily, which starred Sex Education’s Emma Mackey as the titular character, sought to shine a light on her life.
Emily starred Emma Mackey as the writer (Picture: Michael Wharley/ Bleecker Street Films via AP)
