Friday, April 13, 2007

Quiz Answer 2.

Answer 2.

Emily Bront

One of a trio of sisters famous for their literary talents, Emily Brontë authored just one novel during her short life, but it has since become a classic of English literature. The fifth of six children, she grew up on the lonely moors of Yorkshire, where her father was the rector. After the death of their mother in 1821, the children entertained themselves by imagining fantasy worlds and writing down their creations in notebooks.

Educated mostly at home, Emily worked as a governess and flirted with the idea of opening a school, going as far as Brussels to study languages and school management, but she eventually dropped her plans. Her younger sister Anne discovered a book of verse Emily had written and convinced her sisters to publish a book of poetry. This led each sister to her own novelistic pursuits, resulting in Emily's haunting tale of love and revenge, Wuthering Heights, published in 1847. Only thirty years old, Emily died of tuberculosis the next year.

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