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On 30 July 1818, in the Yorkshire village of ornton, a baby’s cries cut through the air. Emily Brontë had just come into the world, the fifth child of Irish priest Patrick Brontë and his wife, Maria Branwell. But as Maria held the newborn for the first time, she could never have dreamed of the impact this child – and her sisters – would have on literature, with the world voraciously consuming their work for centuries to come.