Whitney Mallett (@whitneymallett): "Amber Later’s Brontë essay taught me that Emily’s premature death may have been related to runoff from an overcrowded graveyard in their town"

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Amber Later’s Brontë essay taught me that Emily’s premature death may have been related to runoff from an overcrowded graveyard in their town

Let that sink in. The genius behind the ultimate ghostly tale of doomed love died young, possibly because an excess of corpses was poisoning her water.

Whitney Mallett

Feb 9

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5:36 PM

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