What is Emily Brontë?
[[File:Emily Brontë by Patrick Branwell Brontë restored.jpg|thumb|Emily Brontë, painted by her brother [[Branwell Brontë|Branwell]].]] '''Emily Jane Brontë''' (30 July 1818 – 19 December 1848) was a [[British people|British]] [[writer]] and [[poet]]. She is most famous for her only [[novel]] ''[[Wuthering Heights]]'' (published in 1847). She wrote under the [[pen name]] '''Ellis Bell'''. Brontë had two sisters, [[Charlotte Brontë|Charlotte]] and [[Anne Brontë|Anne]], who were also writers. Her brother, [[Branwell Brontë|Branwell]], was a painter. She co-wrote the [[poetry]] collection ''[[Poems by Currer, Ellis and Acton Bell]]'' (1846), with her sisters. She was born in [[Thornton, West Yorkshire|Thornton]], [[West Riding of Yorkshire]], [[England]]. She attended [[Cowan School]] with her sister Charlotte. Brontë died of [[tuberculosis]] on 19 December 1848 in [[Haworth]], West Riding of Yorkshire. She was 30.<ref>{{Cite encyclopedia|url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Emily-Bronte|title=Emily Brontë|encyclopedia=[[Encyclopædia Britannica]]|accessdate=12 September 2018}}</ref> ==References== {{Reflist}} == Other websites == {{wikisource|Author:Emily Brontë|Emily Brontë}} {{Commons category}} * [http://www.poetseers.org/the_great_poets/british_poets/emily_bronte_poems/ Poems of Emily Brontë at Poetseers.org] {{bio-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Bronte, Emily}} [[Category:1818 births]] [[Category:1848 deaths]] [[Category:Deaths from tuberculosis]] [[Category:Disease-related deaths in Yorkshire]] [[Category:English novelists]] [[Category:English poets]] [[Category:Infectious disease deaths in England]] [[Category:Writers from Yorkshire]]