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Jefferson In Central Pennsylvania, Fred G. Leebron
Jefferson In Central Pennsylvania, Fred G. Leebron
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Wuthering Heights, Elisabeth Rose Gruner
Wuthering Heights, Elisabeth Rose Gruner
English Faculty Publications
Wuthering Heights is the only novel by Emily Brontë (1818-1848), one of three sisters who literary productions caused a minor sensation when they began appearing in the late 1840s. Born to Patrick Brontë, a Yorkshire clergyman, and his wife Maria, Emily, Anne, and Charlotte Brontë were precocious readers and writers. The three sisters spent years writing for their own pleasure and amusement, then published a volume of poetry in 1846. Fearing that the volume’s reception would be biased if the authors were known to be women, the sisters adopted the names Ellis (Emily), Acton (Anne), and Currer (Charlotte) Brontë. Their …