Emily Bronte (1818-1848) was an English novelist and poet, best known for her only novel “Wuthering Heights”. She was born on July 30, 1818, in the village of Thornton in West Yorkshire, England, the fifth of six children of Reverend Patrick Bronte and his wife Maria.
Emily’s childhood was marked by tragedy, as her mother died when she was only three years old, and her two older sisters, Maria and Elizabeth, died while they were attending school in Cowan Bridge, Lancashire. Emily and her surviving siblings, Charlotte, Branwell, and Anne, were educated by their father, who was a well-read and intelligent man.
In 1846, Emily and her sisters published a collection of their poems under the pseudonyms of Ellis, Acton, and Currer Bell. Emily’s contributions to the collection were praised for their intensity, vivid imagery, and originality.
Emily’s only novel, “Wuthering Heights”, was published in 1847 under the pseudonym Ellis Bell. The novel is a dark, passionate, and complex story of love and revenge set in the wild moors of Yorkshire. While it received mixed reviews at the time of its publication, it has since become a classic of English literature and is regarded as one of the greatest novels of the 19th century.
Tragically, Emily’s life was also cut short by illness, and she died on December 19, 1848, at the age of 30. Although she only wrote one novel, her work has had a lasting impact on English literature and continues to be studied and admired by readers around the world.
