Wuthering Heights

When Emily Bronte died in 1848, she was hardly known around the world as a successful author. There are still large portions of her life that people know very little about (Benvenuto, I). Emily was born in Thornton, England on July 30, 1818 (Magill 56), to Reverend Patrick Bronte and Maria Branwell Bronte (Emily Bronte." A Chronology. 1). Two years after Emily's birth, her father was appointed curate of Haworth, a small village on the moors ("Emily Bronte." Emily 1). Here, …

…married Edgar or not, her love would remain with Heathcliff forever, despite Heathcliff’s lack of wealth and social incline. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ **Bibliography** Works Cited: Magill, Frank, ed. Great Women Writers. New York: Salem Press, 1994. "Emily Bronte." A Chronology. Web site. 4 April 2001. Available http://landow.stg.brown.edu/victorian/bronte/ebronte/chron.html. Benvenuto, Richard. Emily Bronte. Boston: Twayne Publishers, 1982. "Emily Bronte." Emily Jane Bronte. Web site. 8 April 2001. Available http://www.geocites.com/CollegePark/1380/emily.htm.