Wish and learn to smooth away the surly wrinkles, to raise … - Emily Brontë

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Wish and learn to smooth away the surly wrinkles, to raise your lids frankly, and change the fiends to confident, innocent angels, suspecting and doubting nothing, and always seeing friends where they are not sure of foes.

Emily Brontë

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About Emily Brontë

Emily Jane Brontë (30 July 1818 – 19 December 1848) was an English novelist and poet who was the sister of Charlotte and Anne Brontë, known as the Brontë sisters. Her only novel, Wuthering Heights, was first published under the pseudonym Ellis Bell.

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Pen Names: Ellis Bell

Alternative Names: Emily Jane Bronte • Emily Jane Brontë • Emily Bronte • Emily (Jane) Brontë

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