Publication details of Wuthering Heights :

published 1847

Other literary works include:

Born:

Thornton, Yorkshire, 30 July, 1818

Early years:

Schooling:

Between the years 1824 and 1825 Emily attended the school at Cowan Bridge with Charlotte, and then was largely educated at home. In 1835 Emily Brontë was at Roe Head, but suffered from homesickness and returned after a few months to the moorland scenery of home.

Career:

In 1837 she became a governess at Law Hill, near Halifax, where she spent six months. To facilitate their plan to keep school for girls, Emily and Charlotte Brontë went in 1842 to Brussels to learn foreign languages and school management. Emily returned on the same year to Haworth. When she was no longer taking care of the house and her brother-in-law, Emily agreed to stay with her father.

Emily is generally considered the most gifted of the three sisters.

Final years:

Emily Brontë died of tuberculosis in the late 1848.

Died:

Haworth, Yorkshire, 19 December 1848