There are also the letters she shared with her sister, but she didn't keep a regular journal.īecause she died so young, her sister Charlotte gained control over how her sister was remembered.

What we do know about her is drawn from her poetry and her juvenilia, which she wrote with her sister Anne (writer of two novels: Agnes Gray and The Tenant of Wildfell Hall). In spite of Lorimer's proclamation, in the 200 years since Emily Brontë's birth, Wuthering Heights has been read and reread, translated and reissued and is now an undeniable classic of English literature.īrontë died at age 30, just a year after Wuthering Heights was published under the pseudonym Ellis Bell. Funding: Creation of collection-level record funded with the generous support of the Gladys Kreible Delmas Foundation.On the release of Emily Brontë's Wuthering Heights in 1847, James Lorimer had this to say in The Spectator: 'Here all the faults of Jane Eyre (by Charlotte Brontë) are magnified a thousandfold, and the only consolation which we have in reflecting upon it is that it will never be generally read.' The correspondence consists of one letter written by Charlotte Bronte to Ellen Nussey relating to the death of the author. There are three poems in the collection also attributed to her brother, Patrick Branwell 'In glimpses of a spirit shore,' 'And all her tresses backward strayed,' and 'To the horse Black Eagle which I rode at the battle of Zamorna.' The poem 'There let thy bleeding branch alone' is also attributed to her sister, Anne. The collection includes an original water color drawing entitled, 'Forget me not.' There are also a number of holograph poems three of which 'Not many years but long enough to see,' 'Lady-bird! lady-bird! fly away home,' and 'On its bending stalk a bonny flower' have also been attributed to her sister, Charlotte. Content: This is a synthetic collection consisting of pictorial works, manuscripts, and correspondence about the author. Her only novel, Wuthering Heights, was published in 1847. Born on July 30, 1818, she began writing poetry at the age of eighteen and continued throughout her life although the poems were not intended for publication. Berg Collection of English and American Literature Shelf locator: Berg Coll MSS Bronte, E Topics Brontë, Emily, 1818-1848 Genres Correspondence Manuscripts Drawings Notes Biographical/historical: Emily Brontë was a British poet and novelist. Names Brontë, Emily, 1818-1848 (Creator) Brontë, Anne, 1820-1849 (Attributed name) Brontë, Charlotte, 1816-1855 (Creator) Brontë, Patrick Branwell, 1817-1848 (Creator) Nussey, Ellen (Addressee) Dates / Origin Date Created: 1832 - 1848 Library locations Henry W.

Description This is a synthetic collection consisting of pictorial works, manuscripts, and correspondence about the author.

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