Brontë

[bron-tee]

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

/ 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)

Example Sentences

She has now turned her attention to adapting Emily Brontë's 1847 classic novel, which stars Margot Robbie, Jacob Elordi and Adolescence star Owen Cooper.

From BBC

Since “Adolescence,” he has made a BBC comedy, “Film Club,” starring Aimee Lou Wood, and just finished playing young Heathcliff in Emerald Fennell’s upcoming adaptation of Emily Brontë’s “Wuthering Heights.”

From Los Angeles Times

As Brontë confronts Joe at gunpoint in the middle of a steamy encounter, he is caught off guard, literally with his pants down.

From Salon

Then, as Joe tries and fails to whittle away at Brontë’s sense of self in a bid to regain her affections, he realizes that he has lost control.

From Salon

Joe’s inner voice begins to growl, “I have been delusional. Putting so much faith in love. In the universe. In her. F***ing Brontë.”

From Salon