needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding reliable references. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. (September 2009) The title of this article contains the character ë. Where it is unavailable or not desired, the name may be represented as Emily Bronte. Emily Brontë A portrait of Emily made by her brother, Branwell Brontë Born Emily Jane Brontë 30 July 1818(1818-07-30) Thornton, West Riding of Yorkshire, England Died 19 December 1848(1848-12-19) (aged 30) Haworth, Yorkshire, England Pen name Ellis Bell Occupation Poetess, novelist, governess Nationality English Genres Fiction, poetry Literary movement Romanticism Notable work(s) Wuthering Heights Relative(s) Brontë family Influences The Holy Bible, William Shakespeare, Lord Byron, John Milton, Robert Burns, Walter Scott, Charlotte Brontë Influenced Virginia Woolf, Joyce Carol Oates, Anne Carson, Phillip Roth, Alice Munro, Thomas Hardy, Sylvia Plath, William Faulkner, Anne Brontë Emily Jane Brontë (pronounced /ˈbrɒnti/; July 30, 1818 — December 19, 1848) was an English novelist and poet, now best remembered for her only novel, Wuthering Heights, a classic of English literature. Emily was the second eldest of the three surviving Brontë sisters, between Charlotte and Anne. She published under the pen name Ellis Bell..