Original: Emily Jane Brontë ( ) ; forvo.com Emily Brontë ( 30 July 1818 -- 19 December 1848 ) was an English novelist and poet , now best remembered for her only novel Wuthering Heights , a classic of English literature .
Simplified: Emily Brontë ( born July 30 , 1818 in Thornton , Hampshire , England - December 19 , 1848 ) was a English author and poet .