Emily Brontë
Born: 01-01-1818
Emily Brontë (1818–1848) was an English novelist and poet, best known for her only novel, "Wuthering Heights," a classic of English literature. Raised in the isolated moorlands of Yorkshire, she was part of the famous Brontë literary family. Despite her brief life, her work is celebrated for its passionate intensity and innovative narrative structure. Emily also published poems under the pseudonym Ellis Bell, revealing her profound emotional depth and creativity.
Book summaries for books written by Emily Brontë
Quotes
I wish I were a girl again, half savage and hardy, and free.
If all else perished, and he remained, I should still continue to be; and if all else remained, and he were annihilated, the universe would turn to a mighty stranger.
Be with me always - take any form - drive me mad! only do not leave me in this abyss, where I cannot find you!
He's more myself than I am. Whatever our souls are made of, his and mine are the same.
Treachery and violence are spears pointed at both ends; they wound those who resort to them worse than their enemies.
I have not broken your heart - you have broken it; and in breaking it, you have broken mine.
It is a poor conclusion that leaves me looking ridiculous.
I cannot live without my soul!
Nelly, I am Heathcliff! He's always, always in my mind: not as a pleasure, any more than I am always a pleasure to myself, but as my own being.
I love the ground under his feet, and the air over his head, and everything he touches, and every word he says. I love all his looks, and all his actions, and him entirely and altogether.
Hell is a city much like London - a populous and a smoky city.
I'll walk where my own nature would be leading: It vexes me to choose another guide.