Emily Brontë

Emily Bronte (1818-1848) was an English novelist and poet best known for her only novel, Wuthering Heights. She was a teacher for a short time but found it too stressful. Emily was a very shy woman who rarely left her home but to go for a short walk or attend church. She died from an illness thought to be tuberculosis. She was the younger sister of Charlotte Bronte, the author best known for her novel Jane Eyre.