Emily Brontë

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English writer human novelist poet

Emily Brontë was a 19th-century English novelist and poet best known for her singular, haunting novel "Wuthering Heights," a cornerstone of Gothic and Victorian literature.

Aliases (1)

Emily Jane Brontë ×1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	English writer → human → novelist → poet →
associatedWith	Brontë sisters →
associatedWithPlace	Haworth, Yorkshire →
burialPlace	St Michael and All Angels' Church, Haworth →
causeOfDeath	tuberculosis →
childOf	Maria Branwell Brontë → Patrick Brontë →
countryOfCitizenship	England → United Kingdom →
dateOfBirth	1818-07-30 →
dateOfDeath	1848-12-19 →
educatedAt	Clergy Daughters' School, Cowan Bridge → Roe Head School, Mirfield →
era	19th century →
familyName	Brontë →
fullName	Emily Jane Brontë →
gender	female →
genre	Gothic fiction → poetry → romantic fiction →
givenName	Emily →
hasLiteraryForm	lyric poetry → novel →
hasOnlyNovel	Wuthering Heights →
hasWorkPublishedUnderPseudonym	poems in "Poems by Currer, Ellis, and Acton Bell" →
influenced	English novel tradition → modern Gothic literature →
languageOfWorkOrName	English →
movement	Gothic fiction → Victorian literature →
nationality	English →
notableFor	authoring the novel "Wuthering Heights" →
notableWork	Wuthering Heights →
occupation	novelist → poet →
placeOfBirth	Thornton, West Riding of Yorkshire, England →
placeOfDeath	Haworth, West Riding of Yorkshire, England →
publicationCentury	19th century →
religion	Anglicanism →
sibling	Anne Brontë → Branwell Brontë → Charlotte Brontë →
usedPseudonym	Ellis Bell →
workedAs	governess →

Referenced by (8)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Female Gothic →	associatedWithAuthor
Wuthering Heights →	author
Wuthering Heights (1939 film) →	authorOfOriginalWork
Emily Brontë ("Emily Jane Brontë") →	fullName
Yorkshire →	hasLiteraryAssociation
Gothic literature →	notableAuthor
Harper & Brothers →	notableAuthorPublished
Charlotte Brontë →	sibling