Emily Brontë
Personal information
- Known for
- Writing
- Known credits
- 41
- Gender
- Female
- Born
- July 30, 1818
- Died
- December 19, 1848
- Place of birth
- Thornton, England
- Also known as
- Ellis BellEmily Jane Brontë
Biography
Emily Jane Brontë (/ˈbrɒnti/, commonly /-teɪ/; 30 July 1818 – 19 December 1848) was an English novelist and poet who is best known for her only novel, Wuthering Heights, now considered a classic of English literature. She also published a book of poetry with her sisters Charlotte and Anne titled Poems by Currer Ellis and Acton Bell, with her poems regarded as poetic genius. Emily was the second-youngest of the four surviving Brontë siblings, between the youngest Anne and her brother Branwell. She published under the pen name Ellis Bell.
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