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Emily Brontë

Emily Brontë

4.3
An English writer and poet who wrote Wuthering Heights
  • proper noun
  • /ˈɛmɪli ˈbrɒnti/
: Emily Brontë
  • The famous author Emily Brontë wrote 'Wuthering Heights'.

Examples

  • Emily Brontë is known for her influential novel 'Wuthering Heights', which explores themes of love and revenge.

  • Emily Brontë wrote only one novel, but 'Wuthering Heights' is considered a classic of English literature.

  • Many critics praise Emily Brontë for her unique and powerful writing style.

  • Students often study the works of Emily Brontë alongside those of her sisters.

  • Did Emily Brontë really write only one novel?

  • Literature classes often include the works of Emily Brontë to illustrate the impact of the Brontë sisters on English literature.

  • Emily Brontë has gained notoriety for her unique narrative voice in her poetry and prose.

Synonyms

Emily Jane Brontë
vsEmily Brontë
6.3

An English writer and poet known for the novel Wuthering Heights

omits mentioning that the novel was her only one

Surface Forms

Emily Brontë main

Morphology

Emily + Brontë

This is a referential proper name: knowing the constituents 'Emily' and 'Brontë' does not let a learner infer that the phrase denotes a 19th-century English novelist and poet. At best one can guess it names a person, but the biographical/professional meaning is non-compositional and unpredictable from the parts.

Etymology

Emily Brontë was an English writer from the early 1800s who wrote only one famous novel, 'Wuthering Heights'. She lived among wild, windy hills that appear in her story, so people remember her as a powerful, emotional writer in English literature.