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Brontë

American  
[bron-tee] / ˈbrɒn ti /

noun

  1. Anne Acton Bell, 1820–49, English novelist.

  2. her sister Charlotte Currer Bell, 1816–55, English novelist.

  3. her sister Emily Jane Ellis Bell, 1818–48, English novelist.


Brontë British  
/ ˈbrɒntɪ /

noun

  1. Anne , pen name Acton Bell . 1820–49, English novelist; author of The Tenant of Wildfell Hall (1847)

  2. her sister, Charlotte , pen name Currer Bell . 1816–55, English novelist, author of Jane Eyre (1847), Villette (1853), and The Professor (1857)

  3. her sister, Emily ( Jane ), pen name Ellis Bell . 1818–48, English novelist and poet; author of Wuthering Heights (1847)

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"Wuthering Heights" -- starring Margot Robbie and Jacob Elordi as the doomed lovers Cathy and Heathcliff from Emily Bronte's classic novel -- dropped to fifth place at $3.75 million.

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"Everyone is talking about Emily Bronte and 'Wuthering Heights'.... It's just extraordinary," she added.

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