Emily Brontë (1818–1848)
Author of Wuthering Heights
About the Author
Emily Bronte, the sister of Charlotte, shared the same isolated childhood on the Yorkshire moors. Emily, however, seems to have been much more affected by the eerie desolation of the moors than was Charlotte. Her one novel, Wuthering Heights (1847), draws much of its power from its setting in that show more desolate landscape. Emily's work is also marked by a passionate intensity that is sometimes overpowering. According to English poet and critic Matthew Arnold, "for passion, vehemence, and grief she had no equal since Byron." This passion is evident in the poetry she contributed to the collection (Poems by Currer, Ellis and Acton Bell) published by the Bronte sisters in 1846 under male pseudonyms in response to the prejudices of the time. Her passion reached far force, however, in her novel, Wuthering Heights. Bronte's novel defies easy classification. It is certainly a story of love, but just as certainly it is not a "love story". It is a psychological novel, but is so filled with hints of the supernatural and mystical that the reader is unsure of how much control the characters have over their own actions. It may seem to be a study of right and wrong, but is actually a study of good and evil. Above all, it is a novel of power and fierce intensity that has gripped readers for more than 100 years. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
Disambiguation Notice:
Do not combine Emily with either or both of her sisters. Thank you.
Image credit: The only undisputed Emily's image.
Works by Emily Brontë
The Complete Novels: Agnes Grey / Jane Eyre / The Professor / Shirley / The Tenant of Wildfell Hall / Villette /… (2012) 332 copies
Wuthering Heights: Complete Text With Introduction, Contexts, Critical Essays (New Riverside Editions) (2001) 47 copies
Wuthering Heights The Graphic Novel: Original Text (Classical Comics: Original Text) (2011) 46 copies
The Norton Anthology of English Literature, Sixth Edition, Vol. 2/Wuthering Heights (1993) 18 copies
Wuthering Heights / Agnes Grey / The Tenant of Wildfell Hall / The Professor (1980) — Author — 12 copies
Wuthering Heights (1970) 10 copies
King Solomon's mines 10 copies
The Brontë Collection: Includes Jane Eyre, The Professor, Shirley, Villette, Wuthering Heights, Agnes Grey, The Tenant… (1905) 9 copies
The Complete Novels of the Brontë Sisters (8 Novels: Jane Eyre, Shirley, Villette, The Professor, Emma, Wuthering… (2013) 8 copies
Emily Bronte's wuthering heights 8 copies
Reading & Training : Emily Brontë : Wuthering Heights {C1} [book + sound recording] (2006) — Writer — 7 copies
The Brontë Sisters: The Complete Novels A Biography of the Author (The Greatest Writers of All Time) (2017) 6 copies
Reading & Training : Emily Brontë : Wuthering Heights {B2.2} [book + sound recording] (2003) — Writer — 6 copies
Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte: The Graphic Novel (Classic Graphic Novel Collection) (2012) 5 copies
Wuthering Heights (BBC Classic Collection) A BBC Radio 4 Full-Cast Dramatisation on four cassette tapes (1995) 5 copies
Vilette / Jane Eyre / Shirley / The Tenant of Wildfell Hall / Agnes Grey / Wuthering Heights 4 copies
Agnes Grey; The Professor; Poems 4 copies
O morro dos ventos uivantes volume I 3 copies
Brontë - Die großen Romane (im Schuber) - Agnes Grey - Jane Eyre - Villette - Shirley - Sturmhöhe (2012) 3 copies
Wuthering Heights (Dover Thrift Editions) (Edition First Edition) by Emily Bront? [Paperback(1996£©] 2 copies
Love and Friendship 2 copies
Wuthering Heights 2 copies
The Brontë Sisters: The Collection 2 copies
La musa tempestosa - poesia 800 -06 2 copies
WUTHERING HEIGHTS,AND SELECTED POEMS 2 copies
Wuthering Heights (Quick Reader 122) 2 copies
Poesie 2 copies
The Works of the Brontë Family 2 copies
Cims borrascosos 1 copy
O morro dos ventos uivantes 1 copy
The Poetry of Emily Brontë 1 copy
6 Volume Set Jane Eyre, Tenant of Wildfell Hall, Wuthering Heights, Agnes Grey, Professor, Poems, Miscellanea, Shirley,… (1949) 1 copy
LARTESITE E STUHISHME 1 copy
Starting and Sustaining Undergraduate Student Research (Mentoring in Academia and Industry) (2022) 1 copy
Brontë Sisters: The Professor / Angrian Tales and Poems / The Tenant of Wildfell Hall / Agnes Grey / Wuthering Heights… (1963) 1 copy
Les hauts de Hurtebise 1 copy
De Barre Hoogte 1 copy
La voce della tempesta 1 copy
Wuthering Heights 1 copy
Agnes Grey / The Tenant of Wildfell Hall / Jane Eyre / The Professor / Villette / Wuthering Heights / Poems by Currer,… (1994) 1 copy
Jhanjha Bhavan 1 copy
The Brontë Family Collection: Complete Works of Brontë Family (Annotated and Illustrated) (Annotated… (2013) 1 copy
Bronte Sisters Archive 1 copy
Haute-Plainte 1 copy
Cime tempestose 1965 1 copy
LES HAUTS DE HURLEY-VENT 1 copy
WUTHERING HEIGHTS by Emily Bronte author of Wuthering Heights (Annotated) by her sister’s Jane Eyre, Shirley,… (2017) 1 copy
MONTE DOS VENDAVAIS 1 copy
2006 1 copy
Cime tempestose 1 - 4 1 copy
Two Poems 1 copy
H5: IWuthering heights 1 copy
The Brontes 1 copy
Unknown Book 6097555 1 copy
Grandes novelas de amor 1 copy
Les Hauts de Hurle-Vent 1 copy
Selected poems 1 copy
Árda Wuthering 1 copy
Novels of the Sisters Brontë 1 copy
Orkanski visovi 1 copy
Colina dos Vendavais, A 1 copy
Wuthering Heights 1 copy
Wuthering Heights 1 copy
The Complete Bronte Sister's Children’s Collection 8 Books Box set (The Tenant of Wildfell Hall, Agnes Grey,… (2022) 1 copy
Las Flores de Gondal 1 copy
La Materia de Gondal 1 copy
Wuthering Heights (ApeBook Classics; dt.): Sturmhöhe (Victorian Writers) (German Edition) (2016) 1 copy
Poems. (FPFE Series) 1 copy
مرتفعات ويذرنج - الجزء الأول 1 copy
The Prisoner 1 copy
O Morro do Vento Uivante 1 copy
Rüzgârlı Bayır 1 copy
Fiche de lecture Les Hauts de Hurlevent (Analyse littéraire de référence et résumé complet) (French Edition) (2019) 1 copy
VIHURIMÄE 1 copy
Monte dos Vendavais, O 1 copy
Wuthering Heights 1 copy
Đồi Gió Hú 1 copy
Associated Works
The Best Poems of the English Language: From Chaucer Through Robert Frost (2004) — Contributor — 1,058 copies
Literature: An Introduction to Fiction, Poetry, and Drama (1995) — Contributor, some editions — 929 copies
Women in Praise of the Sacred: 43 Centuries of Spiritual Poetry by Women (1994) — Contributor — 344 copies
The Graphic Canon, Vol. 2: From "Kubla Khan" to the Bronte Sisters to The Picture of Dorian Gray (2012) — Contributor — 188 copies
The Darker Sex: Tales of the Supernatural and Macabre by Victorian Women Writers (2009) — Contributor — 49 copies
Ladies of the Gothics: Tales of Romance and Terror by the Gentle Sex (1975) — Contributor — 40 copies
Jane Eyre/ Wuthering Heights/ Little Women/ Adam Bede/ Emma/ Pride and Prejudice (2001) — Contributor — 15 copies
The Professor to Which is Added the Poems of Currer, Ellis, and Acton Bell (1862) — Author — 14 copies
Oogst der tijden : keur uit de werken van schrijvers en dichters aller volken en eeuwen (1940) — Contributor — 10 copies
10 Penguin Classics on 45 CDs (The Mayor of Casterbridge, Pride & Prejudice, Great Expectations, Frankenstein, Jane… (2007) — Contributor — 9 copies
Wuthering Heights [1978 TV mini series] — Original book — 7 copies
Die englische Literatur 08 in Text und Darstellung. 19. Jahrhundert 2 (1982) — Contributor — 4 copies
90 Masterpieces You Must Read (Vol.1): Novels, Poetry, Plays, Short Stories, Essays, Psychology & Philosophy (2020) — Contributor — 1 copy
The Professor / Tales from Angria / Emma: A Fragment / Selected Poems by Charlotte, Emily, and Anne Brontë (1954) — Contributor — 1 copy
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Common Knowledge
- Legal name
- Brontë, Emily Jane
- Other names
- Bell, Ellis (pseudonym)
- Birthdate
- 1818-07-30
- Date of death
- 1848-12-19
- Burial location
- Church of St Michael and All Angels, Haworth, West Yorkshire, England, UK
- Gender
- female
- Nationality
- UK
- Country (for map)
- England, UK
- Birthplace
- Thornton, Yorkshire, England, UK
- Place of death
- Haworth, Yorkshire, England, UK
- Cause of death
- tuberculosis
- Places of residence
- Thornton, Yorkshire, England, UK
Haworth, Yorkshire, England, UK
Brussels, Belgium
Halifax, Yorkshire, England, UK - Education
- private school, Brussels
at home
Pensionnat Heger, Brussels, Belgium
Miss Wooler's school - Occupations
- novelist
poet
writer
author
governess
teacher - Relationships
- Brontë, Anne (sister)
Brontë, Charlotte (sister)
Brontë, Branwell (brother)
Brontë, Reverend Patrick (father) - Short biography
- Emily Brontë was born in Yorkshire, England, one of the six children of Patrick Brontë, a clergyman, and his wife Maria Branwell. She and her siblings wrote fantastical stories together, creating imaginary worlds filled with romantic and military adventures.
At age 20, Emily worked briefly as a teacher before returning home to the parsonage at Haworth, where she continued to write poetry and fiction as well as doing much of the housework. In 1846, with her sisters Charlotte and Anne, under the pseudonym "Ellis Bell," she jointly published a volume of poems entitled Poems by Currer, Ellis, and Acton Bell. In 1847, she published her only novel, Wuthering Heights. She died the following year at age 30 of tuberculosis, a disease that plagued her family. - Disambiguation notice
- Do not combine Emily with either or both of her sisters. Thank you.
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Discussions
Wuthering Heights by Emile Bronte - BOOKS ILLUSTRATED 2017 in Fine Press Forum (January 12)
November 2023: The Brontë Sisters in Monthly Author Reads (December 2023)
Wuthering Heights in Someone explain it to me... (January 2023)
Wuthering Heights in Gothic Literature (March 2018)
Defense of Heathcliff in The Brontës (March 2014)
Best Bronte Quote? in The Brontës (January 2014)
Jane Eyre/Wuthering Heights in Books Compared (March 2013)
September: Bronte: Wuthering Heights in Monthly Author Reads (January 2011)
Reviews
This has been on my 'to read' list forever. I slogged through it. What an array of dysfunctional characters! I recall enjoying Jane Eyre. This one not as much.
Letto per la prima volta a 11 anni e a quell'età, in cui si è così esposti e malleabili, ha avuto per me un impatto emotivo devastante
non sarò mai in grado di giudicarlo perchè lo sento troppo dentro e lo amo troppo
non sarò mai in grado di giudicarlo perchè lo sento troppo dentro e lo amo troppo
A much darker read than I expected that is filled with some of the most emotionally violent & petulant characters possible, creating one of literature's most complex and psychologically brutal villains in Heathcliff
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Also everyone has the same four names so it gets a little confusing at times.
And the inheritance laws seem to be taken for granted but I'm unfamiliar with them.
Ah, the British. Why do they write so well?