One of the Brontë sisters who initially mistakes Arthur Nicholls for a drunk friend. She forms a close friendship with Arthur and shares the house that inspired her novel, Wuthering Heights. Heartbroken when Arthur chooses Charlotte over her, she returns to England after learning of Branwell's illness. She co-authors Wuthering Heights under a male pseudonym, which is critically acclaimed, and eventually succumbs to illness after her sister Charlotte's return.