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Emily Brontë
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Still, as I mused, the naked room, The alien firelight died away; And from the midst of cheerless gloom I passed to bright, unclouded day.
— "A Little While, a Little While", st. 6 (1846)
Emily Brontë
English novelist and poet (1818–1848)
- Fame75.4
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- Writers rank#176
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- Fame75.4
- Momentum0.0
- Writers rank#176
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Lived 1818–1848, aged 30United Kingdom
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She wrote one novel—a single book—and it was despised in her lifetime. Wuthering Heights appeared in 1847, critics called its characters coarse and immoral, and a year later Emily Brontë was dead at thirty. The book outlasted every insult.
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Emily Jane Brontë was born 30 July 1818, the fifth of six children in a Yorkshire parsonage. Her mother died when she was three; her father, the curate of Haworth, taught her at home. She and her siblings invented elaborate imaginary worlds—Glass Town, Angria, Gondal—filling journals with their stories. Charlotte described her as solitary, strong-willed, nonconforming, devoted to nature and animals. Apart from brief stints at school and a stretch in Brussels as a student and teacher, Emily spent her life at Haworth: helping with chores, playing piano, reading. In 1847 she and her sisters publi…
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Emily Brontë
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When weary with the long day's care, And earthly change from pain to pain, And lost and ready to despair, Thy kind voice calls me back again: Oh, my true friend!
— "To Imagination", st. 1 (1846)
Emily Brontë
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Cold in the earth—and the deep snow piled above thee, Far, far, removed, cold in the dreary grave!
— "Remembrance", st. 1 (1846)
Emily Brontë
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Shall Earth no more inspire thee, Thou lonely dreamer now? Since passion may not fire thee Shall Nature cease to bow?
— Shall Earth No More Inspire Thee, sts. 1-2 (May 1841)
Emily Brontë
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The night is darkening round me, The wild winds coldly blow; But a tyrant spell has bound me And I cannot, cannot go.
— "Spellbound" (November 1837)
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