Emily Brontë






Emily Brontë

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born
July 30, 1818

died
December 19, 1848

gender
female

place of birth
Thornton, Yorkshire, England, The United Kingdom

genre
Literature & Fiction


about this author

Emily Jane Brontë was a British 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 Brontë sisters, being younger than Charlotte and older than Anne. She published under the masculine pen name Ellis Bell.

Emily was born in Thornton, near Bradford in Yorkshire to Patrick Brontë and Maria Branwell. She was the younger sister of Charlotte Brontë 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 Bran...more




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Wuthering Heights Wuthering Heights
by Emily Brontë
avg rating 3.69 — 40,922 ratings — published 1847
697 editions
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Wuthering Heights, Agnès Grey... Wuthering Heights, Agnès Grey & Villette
by Emily Brontë, Anne Brontë, Charlotte Brontë
avg rating 3.86 — 505 ratings — published 2004
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Bronte Sisters : Wuthering Hei... Bronte Sisters : Wuthering Heights & Jane Eyre
by Emily Brontë, Charlotte Brontë
avg rating 4.49 — 138 ratings — published 1983
3 editions
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The Complete Poems of Emily Ja... The Complete Poems of Emily Jane Brontë
by Emily Brontë
avg rating 4.26 — 140 ratings — published 1941
16 editions
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The Brontes Selected Poems The Brontes Selected Poems
by Emily Brontë, Anne Brontë, Charlotte Brontë
avg rating 4.18 — 11 ratings — published 1985
6 editions
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Poems of Solitude Poems of Solitude
by Emily Brontë
avg rating 4.57 — 7 ratings — published 2005
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Jane Eyre & Wuthering Heights Jane Eyre & Wuthering Heights
by Emily Brontë, Charlotte Brontë
avg rating 4.00 — 3 ratings — published 1945
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No Coward Soul Is Mine: Emily... No Coward Soul Is Mine: Emily Bronte Poems
by Emily Brontë
avg rating 4.50 — 2 ratings — published 1993
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Novels of the Sisters Brontë Novels of the Sisters Brontë
by Emily Brontë, Charlotte Brontë, Anne Brontë
avg rating 5.00 — 1 rating — published 2008
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Classic British Fiction: The B... Classic British Fiction: The Bronte Family, all seven novels, the poetry, and 2 biographies, in a single file
by Emily Brontë, Anne Brontë, Charlotte Brontë
avg rating 5.00 — 1 rating — published 2008
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"He's more myself than I am. Whatever our souls are made of, his and mine are the same."
Emily Brontë
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"Be with me always - take any form - drive me mad! only do not leave me in this abyss, where I cannot find you! Oh, God! it is unutterable! I can not live without my life! I can not live without my soul!"
Emily Brontë
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"If all else perished, and he remained, I should still continue to be; and if all else remained, and he were annihilated, the universe would turn to a mighty stranger."
Emily Brontë (Wuthering Heights)
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