About
Member of the famous Brontë literary family and author of the classic novel, Wuthering Heights. She died at age thirty, just a year after the publication of her now-famous novel.
Before fame
During her childhood in Northern England, she and her siblings spent a considerable amount of time creating fantasy worlds and writing and enacting stories. She briefly attended the Clergy Daughters' School before returning home to be educated by her father.
Trivia
She wrote under the pen name of Ellis Bell. The 2026 adaptation of Wuthering Heights starred Margot Robbie and Jacob Elordi.
Family life
Her parents were Maria Branwell and Patrick Brontë. Her three surviving siblings were Charlotte Brontë (author of the classic novel Jane Eyre), Anne Brontë, and Branwell Brontë.
Associated with
Famous stage actor Laurence Olivier starred in the film version of Emily Brontë's novel, Wuthering Heights.
