The biography, works and famous quotes of the English writer Emily Brontë, author of the famous book Wuthering Heights.
Emily Brontë , born Emily Jane Brontë, was an English writer best known for her novelWuthering Heights . Emily was born in Thornton and is the fifth of six children. She is not the only writer in the Brontë family : together with her we also remember Charlotte , author of Jane Eyre , and Anne Brontë, author of Agnes Grey and The Lady of Wildfell . The three writers, together, are known as the Brontë sisters.
Emily Brontë: short biography
The Brontë family moved to Haworth two years after Emily’s birth: the moors, typical of West Yorkshire , near Haworth, were the perfect setting for the love story between the protagonists of Wuthering Heights, Heathcliff and Catherine . Their mother died early and their father, a perpetual curate who had to take care of six children, asked for help from the governess Tabitha Aykroyd, a stern and uncompromising figure who marked the siblings’ childhood.
Emily Brontë attended the Clergy’s Daughters School in Cowan Bridge, where her literary talent was immediately noticed. As an adult, Emily began working as a teacher at Law Hill, West Yorkshire, but soon returned home. Together with Charlotte , she then left for Brussels, to study languages.
Once they returned home, it was Charlotte who discovered Emily’s poems and notes. The sisters had kept their poetic production a secret, but after this discovery, Charlotte convinced both Emily and Anne to publish their works under pseudonyms – created from their initials.
Emily Brontë: Wuthering Heights
Later, the publisher Newby published the sisters’ three novels and in 1947 it was the turn of Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë which, at first, did not meet with critical acclaim. Today one of the classics of world literature, Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë is considered one of the greatest examples of Victorian literature .
Emily Brontë: pronunciation of the surname
How do you pronounce the surname Brontë of the writers Emily, Charlotte and Anne ? It is not a trivial question: modern English would suggest not pronouncing the final e, which however, having the diaeresis, is not silent.
Wuthering Heights: Short Summary
The novel Wuthering Heights , narrated by a maid, Nelly, tells the story of the life and destructive love between the two characters Heathcliff and Catherine. Learn more about the work:
Emily Bronte: quotes
Here are some of Emily Brontë’s most famous quotes from Wuthering Heights :
- “I gave him my heart, and he took it and squeezed it cruelly until it died.”
- “I won’t tell him how much I love him, and not because he’s attractive, but because he’s more to me than I am to myself.”
- “It is hard to forgive, and to look into those eyes, and to touch those worn hands. Kiss me again; and do not let me see your eyes! I forgive you for what you have done to me. I love my murderer; but your murderer, how could I forgive him?”
