Portrait of Emily Brontë

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Emily Brontë

1818 – 1848

English novelist and poet (1818–1848)

  • United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
  • British
  • Gothic
  • Romanticism
UGC NET importance

About

Emily Jane Brontë was an English writer best known for her 1847 novel Wuthering Heights. She also co-authored a book of poetry with her sisters Charlotte and Anne entitled Poems by Currer, Ellis, and Acton Bell.

Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA). Portrait by Branwell Brontë (Public domain) via Wikimedia Commons.

Life on the Timeline

1818 – 1848
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Major Works

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