The Life and Works of Emily Brontë
The Life and Works of Emily Brontë
Born on July 30th 1818 the enigmatic Emily Brontë left an indelible mark on English literature with the sheer passion and anger of her utterly unconventional single work, Wuthering Heights.
Born on July 30th 1818 the enigmatic Emily Brontë left an indelible mark on English literature with the sheer passion and anger of her utterly unconventional single work, Wuthering Heights.
Of the six Brontë children, where did Emily come in the pecking order?
The Brontë family moved to Haworth when Emily was two. What nearby town was she born in?
What was Emily’s middle name – later to be the name of a famous Brontë heroine.
What disease killed Emily’s two eldest siblings and resulted in the removal of all the Brontë girls from school?
When their father was working, what were the Brontë children expected to do?
Who was one of Emily’s favourite contemporary authors?
What was the name of the second imaginary land, mainly created by Emily and Charlotte, that occupied their imaginations well into adulthood?
At the age of 17, why did Emily leave Roe Head Girls’ School after only a few months?
In 1842 Charlotte and Emily enrolled in a college in Brussels to improve their French and German – for what purpose?
Emily published a collection of her poems under which pseudonym?
Which sister wrote this of Emily: ‘And yet she knew them (other people): knew their ways, their language, their family histories; she could… talk of them with detail, minute, graphic, and accurate; but WITH them, she rarely exchanged a word.’
Wuthering Heights was published in 1847, the same year as two other Brontë novels. What were those two?
At which sibling’s funeral did Emily catch a severe cold which, combined with oncoming TB, led to her death within three months?
How old was Emily when she died?
Wuthering Heights challenged religious hypocrisy, morality, class and gender inequality. Which famous contemporary poet and artist said this of it: ‘A fiend of a book – an incredible monster… The action is laid in hell.’
‘Love is like the wild rose-briar,
Friendship like the holly-tree—
The holly is dark when the rose-briar blooms
But which will bloom most constantly?’
This is from one of Emily’s most famous poems, what is its name?
From whose perspective does the reader first view Wuthering Heights?
What is the name of Catherine’s bully of a brother?
From which northern city does Mr Earnshaw bring the homeless Heathcliff to Wuthering Heights?
‘It is unutterable! I cannot live without my life! I cannot live without my soul!’ Which character utters these heart breaking words?
‘She was a wild, wicked slip of a girl. She burned too brightly for this world.’ This could be said of both the author and her creation, Catherine. Which one was it?