Emily Brontë

Emily Jane Brontë
The only undisputed portrait of Emily Brontë, from a group portrait by her brother Branwell
Born	(1818-07-30)30 July 1818 Thornton, West Riding of Yorkshire, England
Died	19 December 1848(1848-12-19) (aged 30) Haworth, West Riding of Yorkshire, England
Pen name	Ellis Bell
Occupation	Poet novelist governess
Nationality	English
Genre	Fiction poetry
Literary movement	Romantic Period
Notable works	Wuthering Heights
Relatives	Brontë family

Emily Jane Brontë (/ˈbrɒnti/, commonly /ˈbrɒnteɪ/; 30 July 1818 – 19 December 1848) was an English novelist and poet who is best known for her only novel, Wuthering Heights, now considered a classic of English literature. Emily was the third-eldest of the four surviving Brontë siblings, between the youngest Anne and her brother Branwell. She wrote under the pen name Ellis Bell.

Emily Brontë was born on 30 July 1818 in the village of Thornton on the outskirts of Bradford, in the West Riding of Yorkshire, in Northern England, to Maria Branwell and an Irish father, Patrick Brontë. She was the younger sister of Charlotte Brontë and the fifth of six children. In 1820, shortly after the birth of Emily's younger sister Anne, the family moved eight miles away to Haworth, where Patrick was employed as perpetual curate; here the children developed their literary talents.