The Resume

(July 30, 1818-December 19, 1848)
Wrote the novel 'Wuthering Heights'
Published a book of poetry with sisters Charlotte and Anne

Why she might be annoying:

She was extremely reclusive.
She only remained enrolled at school for three months before returning home.
The book of poetry she published with her sisters sold only two copies.

Why she might not be annoying:

Her mother died when she was three.
Her professor praised her as having 'a head of logic and a capability for argument, unusual in a man, and rare indeed in a woman.'
Contemporary critics hail Emily as the most talented of the Brontës.

Credit: Joy Luck Project

Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

• 19th Century Poets
• About.com Top 100 Women of History [2009] (Ranked: 75)
• BBC Big Read: The UK's Top 200 Novels [2003] (Ranked: 12)
• Eminent Victorians
• Female Writers Who Used Male Pen Names
• I Died in My 30s (Ranked: 30)
• I Got a Pet Cat or Twenty
• I Write Bildungsroman
• Look at Me, My Picture Is Art
• Poets
• Profiles 9001-9250 (Ranked: 9130)
• Too Old to Still Live at Home

Year In Review:

In 2023, Out of 12 Votes: 25.00% Annoying
In 2022, Out of 2 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2021, Out of 81 Votes: 53.09% Annoying
In 2020, Out of 4 Votes: 25.00% Annoying
In 2019, Out of 10 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2018, Out of 4 Votes: 0% Annoying
In 2017, Out of 7 Votes: 57.14% Annoying
In 2016, Out of 10 Votes: 30.0% Annoying
In 2015, Out of 9 Votes: 22.22% Annoying
In 2014, Out of 11 Votes: 54.55% Annoying
In 2013, Out of 6 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2012, Out of 12 Votes: 33.33% Annoying
In 2011, Out of 52 Votes: 71.15% Annoying
In 2010, Out of 54 Votes: 46.30% Annoying
In 2009, Out of 63 Votes: 39.68% Annoying
In 2008, Out of 60 Votes: 31.67% Annoying
In 2007, Out of 131 Votes: 45.04% Annoying
In 2006, Out of 139 Votes: 43.17% Annoying
In 2005, Out of 266 Votes: 45.49% Annoying
In 2004, Out of 496 Votes: 44.76% Annoying
In 2003, Out of 261 Votes: 43.30% Annoying