Emma Brown

Emma is the title of a manuscript by Charlotte Brontë, left incomplete when she died in 1855.

It was completed by Clare Boylan and published as Emma Brown in 2003.

Original manuscript

Brontë began work on Emma in 1853. Her marriage in 1854 and the lukewarm enthusiasm of her husband for the project may have contributed to her slow progress towards completion. The manuscript was left unfinished at her death in 1855.

The original twenty-page manuscript consists of two chapters describing the arrival of an apparently wealthy young girl, "Matilda Fitzgibbon", at an expensive private school. It transpires that her identity is fake, and that her school fees will not be paid. The child is unable to answer any questions as to her true identity.

Boylan's completion

Boylan "steeped herself in letters and writings" and acknowledged the assistance of several notable Brontë scholars in her afterword to the novel. Boylan developed the story as a mystery novel, using two characters from Brontë's original chapters who work together to solve the puzzle of the eponymous girl's identity: Mrs. Chalfont, a widow introduced as a narrator in the manuscript, and Mr. Ellin, a lawyer who accepts the challenge the girl represents.

Emma Brown (powerlifter)

Emma Brown (born 18 September 1979) is a retired British Paralympic powerlifter who won gold medals at the 2000 and 2004 Summer Paralympics.

Personal life

Brown was born in Gravesend, Kent, England to Welsh Parents. However, she is Welsh by right and hates articles referring to her being born in England, as she only lived there for the first 2 years of her life. Emma has lived in Wales ever since. Emma is a full time wheelchair user as she cannot walk as a result of being born with spina bifida. She has also lived in Tonteg, South Wales. Emma has appeared twice (1999-2000 and again in 2014) on Countdown.

Powerlifting career

Previous to Powerlifting Emma participated in other sports such as track and field (especially archery). On one occasion the weather was so atrocious that the teams decided to go in watch some of the indoor sports. So she decided to have a go at powerlifting Stoke Mandeville and set a British record with her first lift. Emma has said many times in interviews that she preferred the sport because it was indoors and out of the weather!