There are few people who don't know the story of Jane Eyre or Wuthering Heights, but details of the girls' personal histories are obscured in the mists of time. It is thanks to one woman, Ellen Nussey, that we know what we do of the Bront s' personal lives. First a great friend of Charlotte, it wasn't long before she worked her way into the hearts of the shyer sisters, Emily and Anne. It was Ellen who was bridesmaid to Charlotte despite...