Katlyn-+Wuthering+Heights

Writer of __"Wuthering Heights"__ **  ** Biography: ** Emily Bronte was born on July 30th, 1818 at 74 Market Street in Thornton, Bradford, Yorkshire, England. She was the fourth daughter of Maria Branwell who died of cancer when Emily was just three years old, and an Irish clergyman named Patrick Bronte. After her youngest sister Anne was born the Bronte’s moved to the village of Haworth where her father had been appointed rector. Emily had four older siblings; Maria, Elizabeth, Charlotte and Patrick. Emily’s Aunt Elizabeth Branwell helped raise Emily and her five siblings. during emily's childhood, after the death of her mother, the three sisters and their brother Patrick created imaginary lands, in the stories they wrote. Little of Emily's work from this period survived, except for poems. In 1842, Emily started work as a governess at Miss Patchett's Ladies Academy, leaving after about six months due to homesickness. Later, with her sister Charlotte, she attended a private school in Brussels. They later tried to open up a school at their home, but had no pupils. Her and her sisters published a joint collection of their poetry in 1846 called Poems by Currer, Ellis, and Acton Bell. To avoid prejudice against female writers, the Bronte sisters used fake first names. All three kept the first letter of their first names: Charlotte became Currer Bell, Anne became Acton Bell, and Emily became Ellis Bell. In 1847, Emily published her only novel titled __"Wuthering Heights__", Its innovative structure somewhat puzzled critics. Although it received mixed reviews when it first came out, the book subsequently became an English literary classic. In 1850, __"Wuthering Heights"__ was edited and published as a stand-alone novel and under Emily's real name. Emily's health, had been weakened by the harsh local climate at home and at school. She caught a cold during the funeral of her brother in September, which led to tuberculosis. Refusing medical help, she died on 19 December 1848 at about two in the afternoon. She was interred in the Church of St. Michael in Haworth, West Yorkshire, England
 * Emily Bronte

__ **Wuthering heights** __ __**Plot synopsis:**__ in 1801 a man named Lockwood rents a manor house called Thrushcross Grange. Here, he meets his landlord, Heathcliff, a wealthy man who lives in the ancient manor of Wuthering Heights, four miles away from the Grange. Lockwood asks his housekeeper, Nelly Dean, to tell him the story of Heathcliff and the strange Wuthering Heights. Lockwood writes down his recollections of her tale in his diary; these written recollections form the main part of Wuthering Heights. the story of wuthering heights is a story of love. Love was the only decent human quality that catherine and healthcliff had and it kept them togethor through seperate marriages and eventually even death.

what i liked about this novel is that it was interesting to learn about the way of life during that time period. This book was written in the 1840's so it was a different time all togethor. it was catchy and it made you want to keep reading to find out what happens.
 * __What worked:__**

__**What didn't work:**__ This novel was difficult to read and understand because of the fact that it was written the the 1840s. The style of writing was so different that it was difficult to follow the story while trying to decifer what the author was trying to say.

"If all else parished and he remained, i should still contiue to be; and if all else remained, and he was annihilated, the universe would turn to a mighty stranger: i should not seem a part of it. My love for Linton is like the foliage in the woods: time will change it, im well aware, as winter changes the trees. My love for Heathcliff resembles the eternal rocks beneath: a source of little visible delight, but necessary. 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."(74) -Catherine
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book title:** Wuthering heights
 * __Information__
 * Author:** Emily Bronte
 * Genre:** Gothic novel, Realistic fiction
 * Language:** Yorkshire dialect
 * Date of publication:** 1847
 * publisher:** Thomas C. Newby