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What kind of living will it be when you - Oh, God! Would you like to live with your soul in the grave?

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Emily Bronte
Age: 30 †
Born: 1818
Born: July 30
Died: 1848
Died: December 19
Novelist
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Thornton
West Yorkshire
Ellis Bell
Emily Jane Brontë
Aimili Bolangte
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Emily Jane Bronte
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