Emily Brontë
Wuthering Heights, Victorian Literary Genius
The Stormy Lioness of Literature
Emily Brontë wrote one novel in her 30 years on Earth — Wuthering Heights — and it is enough. Published under the male pseudonym Ellis Bell in 1847, it was initially dismissed as too wild, too dark, too passionate. Today it is considered one of the greatest novels ever written, a gothic masterpiece of love and revenge on the Yorkshire moors. She died at 30.
Leo Legacy
- Wuthering Heights: One novel — one of the greatest in the English language
- Poetry: Her poems, published posthumously, rank among Victorian literature’s finest
- Pseudonym: Published as ‘Ellis Bell’ to overcome Victorian bias against female authors
- Moors obsession: Her relationship with the wild Yorkshire landscape defined her entire artistic vision
Brontë’s Leo fire burned so intensely in her short life that its heat has never cooled.
“Whatever our souls are made of, his and mine are the same.”