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30th July 1818, birth of English novelist and poet Emily Jane Brontë. Her only novel Wuthering Heights, was written between October 1845 and June 1846. The novel was published in 1847, under the pseudonym of Ellias Bell. It is now considered a classic of English literature, The story was considered controversial during its inception due to the lurid depictions of cruelty, religious hypocrisy, gender inequality, and social class; between the two chief characters of Cathy and Heathcliff, and the destructive effects of jealousy and vengefulness between them. The story highlighted the underbelly of a Victorian society which shielded itself behind strict ideals of perceived morality. Dying a year after the book’s publication, her health deteriorated rapidly, due to ongoing tuberculosis, the harsh winter, and the contamination of water in her house through run off from the church's graveyard. It is an historical irony that the contamination through somewhat ingestion of the dead led to her death, while during the New England Vampire Panic in the 1890’s, specifically in the case of Mercy Brown; this was seen as the ritualistic cure for the same disease of tuberculosis. The Wuthering Heights Tarot card is from the Ofgraveconcern Industrial Sublime tarot deck 1760 - 1848. Prints of the cards are for sale at: www.ofgraveconcern.com/industrialsublimetarot1760-1848 All other art can also be found on the website www.ofgraveconcern.com Follow @ofgrave.concern for more historical tales #emilyjanebrontë #emilybronte #emilybrontë #wutheringheights #wutheringheightsmemes #classicliterature #cathyearnshaw #heathcliff #gothictales #gothicfiction #gothicfictionbooks #tuberculosis #consumption #bornonthisday #19thcentury #19thcenturyfiction #brontë #bronte #brontesisters #brontesisters #tarotillustration #tarotdecks #tarotprints #tarotart #tarotartist #classicbooks #classicfiction #gothicromance #gothicvictorian #victoriangothic #victoriangothicstyle https://www.instagram.com/p/CR9Rf6cn9hD/?utm_medium=tumblr