Born on the 30th of July 1818 in Thornton, Yorkshire, England, Emily Jane Brontë, simply known as Emily Brontë, was an English poet and novelist. She is best known for "Wuthering Heights," her only novel, which is also considered an English literature classic. She is also known for "Poems by Currer, Ellis and Acton Bell," a book of poetry she published alongside her sisters, Anne and Charlotte.
Emily Bronte died on December 19, 1848, in Haworth, Yorkshire, England at the age of 30.
Early life
Growing up, Emily Brontë's family lived in a village in Thornton, on the outskirts of Bradford, before moving a few years later to Haworth, where her father got employed as a perpetual curate.
On September 15, 1821, Emily Brontë's mother died of cancer, and Emily, together with her siblings, were handed over to her aunt, Elizabeth Branwell.
Education
In 1835, Emily Brontë started attending Roe Head Girls' School before leaving a few months later after suffering from extreme home sickness.
Career
Like many other authors, Emily Brontë was a product of her environment, and this had a direct influence on her writing. In 1845, Emily Brontë's sister, Charlotte, discovered some of the poems she had been writing and persuaded her to publish them. Both of them, together with another sister, Anne, then published a collection of poems titled "Poems by Currer, Ellis, and Acton Bell," with Charlotte contributing 19 poems and Emily and Anne contributing 21 each. The collection of poems was released under the male names of Currer, Ellis, and Acton Bell, with each pseudonym starting with the same consonant as the writer's name. It sold only two copies, and this motivated them to even write more.
In December 1845, Emily Brontë started writing the novel "Wuthering Heights," and in 1847, it was published for the first time by Thomas Cautely Newby. The violence and passion of this novel led many to believe it was written by a man. Although "Wuthering Heights" received mixed reviews after its initial release, it later went on to become an English literary classic.
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