The only novel written by Emily Bronte is
- A.Jane Eyre
- B.Wuthering Heights
- C.Middlemarch
- D.Villette
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Explanation
The correct answer is B, Wuthering Heights. Emily Bronte published it in 1847 under the pen name Ellis Bell, and it was the only novel she wrote before her death the following year. Set on the Yorkshire moors, it turns on Heathcliff and Catherine, and its wildness marks it off from the drawing-room world of Jane Austen.
Option A, Jane Eyre, was written by her elder sister Charlotte Bronte in the same year, and the two books are constantly exchanged in question papers. Option C, Middlemarch, is George Eliot's long novel of provincial English life. Option D, Villette, is another of Charlotte Bronte's novels, drawn from her time in Brussels, so three of the four options belong to writers of the same household or generation. Remember that Emily wrote one novel only.
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