| Birth: | Jul. 30, 1818 | | Death: | Dec. 19, 1848 | 
Novelist. She was the fifth child of Patrick Bronte. Her mother died when Emily was only three. At 17, Emily went to the Roe Head School where Charlotte was teaching. Emily managed to stay only three months before her nerves became too frazzled and she had to go home. Emily found a teaching job at Law Hill School in September 1838. Her health broke under the stress and she returned home in April 1839. She never again attempted to find any kind of a job. In 1842, Charlotte dragged Emily to a school in Brussels. Her teachers were especially impressed with her smooth writing style, but Emily made no friends, as was typical for her. She went back home as soon as she possibly could. Emily publicized "Poems" under the pseudonyms Acton, Ellis, and Currer Bell. In 1846, Emily finished "Wuthering Heights". Most people of that time thought the author of this book was a man, believing that no woman could write such things. When her brother Branwell died in September 1848, Emily became ill. By October, the decline in Emily's health was obvious. It was clear she had consumption and she grew angry at even the suggestion of doctors or medicine. On 19 December 1848 she finally collapsed, saying: "If you will send for a doctor, I will see him now." She died that afternoon. (bio by: Jelena)
Search Amazon for Emily Bronte | | | Burial:
St Michael and All Angels Churchyard
Haworth
West Yorkshire, England |
Maintained by: Find A Grave
Record added: Jan 01, 2001
Find A Grave Memorial# 1709 |
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Tonite I watched Wuthering Heights (1939) with my daughter who is 17, I shared with her the beauty and passion of you works. You will always live on. No heather was avilable to leave, so forget-me-nots will have to do.
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Donna J. D.
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A brilliant author and inspirational to young writers RIP
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Talia
Added: Nov. 18, 2009 |
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DANI
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