Emily Bront毛 (Author of Wuthering Heights)

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Emily Bront毛

Born

in Thornton, Yorkshire, England

July 30, 1818

Died

December 19, 1848

Genre

Fiction, Poetry

Influences

Charlotte Bront毛, Anne Bront毛, Shakespeare, Mary Shelley, John Milton, ...more

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Emily Jane Bront毛 was an English novelist and poet, now best remembered for her only novel Wuthering Heights, a classic of English literature. Emily was the second eldest of the three surviving Bront毛 sisters, being younger than Charlotte Bront毛 and older than Anne Bront毛. She published under the masculine pen name Ellis Bell.

Emily was born in Thornton, near Bradford in Yorkshire to Patrick Bront毛 and Maria Branwell. She was the younger sister of Charlotte Bront毛 and the fifth of six children. In 1824, the family moved to Haworth, where Emily's father was perpetual curate, and it was in these surroundings that their literary oddities flourished. In childhood, after the death of their mother, the three sisters and their brother Patrick Branw Emily Jane Bront毛 was an English novelist and poet, now best remembered for her only novel Wuthering Heights, a classic of English literature. Emily was the second eldest of the three surviving Bront毛 sisters, being younger than Charlotte Bront毛 and older than Anne Bront毛. She published under the masculine pen name Ellis Bell.

Emily was born in Thornton, near Bradford in Yorkshire to Patrick Bront毛 and Maria Branwell. She was the younger sister of Charlotte Bront毛 and the fifth of six children. In 1824, the family moved to Haworth, where Emily's father was perpetual curate, and it was in these surroundings that their literary oddities flourished. In childhood, after the death of their mother, the three sisters and their brother Patrick Branwell Bront毛 created imaginary lands (Angria, Gondal, Gaaldine, Oceania), which were featured in stories they wrote. Little of Emily's work from this period survived, except for poems spoken by characters (The Bront毛s' Web of Childhood, Fannie Ratchford, 1941).

In 1842, Emily commenced work as a governess at Miss Patchett's Ladies Academy at Law Hill School, near Halifax, leaving after about six months due to homesickness. Later, with her sister Charlotte, she attended a private school in Brussels. They later tried to open up a school at their home, but had no pupils.

It was the discovery of Emily's poetic talent by Charlotte that led her and her sisters, Charlotte and Anne, to publish a joint collection of their poetry in 1846, Poems by Currer, Ellis, and Acton Bell. To evade contemporary prejudice against female writers, the Bront毛 sisters adopted androgynous first names. All three retained the first letter of their first names: Charlotte became Currer Bell, Anne became Acton Bell, and Emily became Ellis Bell. In 1847, she published her only novel, Wuthering Heights, as two volumes of a three volume set (the last volume being Agnes Grey by her sister Anne). Its innovative structure somewhat puzzled critics. Although it received mixed reviews when it first came out, the book subsequently became an English literary classic. In 1850, Charlotte edited and published Wuthering Heights as a stand-alone novel and under Emily's real name.

Like her sisters, Emily's health had been weakened by the harsh local climate at home and at school. She caught a chill during the funeral of her brother in September, and, having refused all medical help, died on December 19, 1848 of tuberculosis, possibly caught from nursing her brother. She was interred in the Church of St. Michael and All Angels family capsule, Haworth, West Yorkshire, England. ...more

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	Wuthering Heights by Emily Bront毛, Pauline Nestor (Editor/Introduction), Lucasta Miller (Preface) 3.90 avg rating — 1,925,191 ratings — published 1847 — 11670 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Bront毛 Sisters: Wuthering Heights and Jane Eyre 4.33 avg rating — 11,099 ratings — published 1847 — 105 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Night is Darkening Round Me 3.85 avg rating — 3,998 ratings — published 1846 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Complete Poems by Emily Bront毛, C.W. Hatfield (Editor), Irene Taylor (Foreword by) 4.17 avg rating — 3,495 ratings — published 1846 — 69 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Wuthering Heights, Agn猫s Grey & Villette 4.02 avg rating — 3,306 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Best Poems of the Bront毛 Sisters by Emily Bront毛, Anne Bront毛, Charlotte Bront毛 4.04 avg rating — 859 ratings — published 1846 — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	賲乇鬲賮毓丕鬲賵賷匕乇賳噩 - 丕賱噩夭亍丕賱兀賵賱 by Emily Bront毛, 廿賷賲賷賱賷亘乇賵賳鬲賷, 丨賱賲賷賲乇丕丿 (鬲乇噩賲丞) 3.84 avg rating — 495 ratings — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Bronte: Poems by Emily Bront毛, Peter Washington (Editor) 4.11 avg rating — 392 ratings — published 1996 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Wuthering Heights and Poems 4.07 avg rating — 284 ratings — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Poems of Solitude by Emily Bront毛, Helen Dunmore (Foreword by) 4.05 avg rating — 279 ratings — published 2004 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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