Emily Bronte was an english novelist and poet who was best known for her only novel 'Wuthering Heights'. Emily was the third eldest of the four surviving Bronte siblings.
Emily wrote under the name of 'Ellis Bell'. She and her two sisters decided to write under male names to deter any bias on the basis of their gender. Emily hated being known as an author and made Charlotte promise to never tell anyone.
All the information that we have today about Emily didn't come from her herself. She kept extremely quiet about herself and her life, her sister Charlotte actually revealed a lot of information about her after her death at the age of 30.
Wuthering Heights was first published in London in 1847. Wuthering heights was a part of a 3 volume set that included Anne Bronte's 'Agnes Grey'. Authors were printed as Ellis and Acton Bell; Emily's real name did not appear until Charlotte got it re-published after her death in 1850.
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Emily Brontë (2016) in Wikipedia. Available at: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emily_Brontë (Accessed: 14 April 2016).
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Interesting facts (no date) Available at: http://sbalshonorsbritlitbronte.weebly.com/interesting-facts.html (Accessed: 14 April 2016).
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