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Wuthering Heights

By Emily Brontë
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Publisher Description

Returning from Liverpool, Mr. Earnshaw brings with him a dirty, ragged, black-haired child called Heathcliff, and sets into motion a tale of destructive passions. The book’s two locations, the genteel Thrushcross Grange and the wild Wuthering Heights, serve as matching backgrounds to the characters of their occupants, as they struggle to gain the upper hand in marriage and power. All the while, the ghosts of the past seem to drive revenge more than inspire forgiveness.

Wuthering Heights was Emily Brontë’s sole published novel before her early death at the age of 30. Published under the pen name of Ellis Bell, a shared surname with the pen names of her sisters, many assumed that such a book could only have been written by a man. Reviewers of the time praised its emotional power but were also shocked at the actions of its characters, and most agreed that it was impossible to put down. After the novel’s original publication in 1847 it was revised into a single volume in 1850, and over time has become a classic of English literature. The story has been reworked into plays, operas, films, TV dramatisations and a ballet, and has inspired many further works of art, music and literature.

36593 Reviews

3.5
“I am a little bias because I LOVE the Brontë family’s work as a whole. However, Wuthering Heights is one of my absolute favorite books. The comparison to Emily’s Characters in this novel to Charlotte’s characterization in Jane Eyre is truly fascinating. Not to mention how unique this story is for the era it was written in, and the type of person who wrote it. It is so far from the cliche and has so much meaning to it. Not to even mention the grey morality throughout the whole novel. I could go on and on. LOVE THIS BOOK!!”
Surprised Face with Open Mouth“This book is like watching a car crash on the side of the road, you just can’t look away. It’s a gothic novel about awful people and the horrible things they do, definitely some beautiful quotes with writing that just immerses you.”
Smiling Face with Heart-Eyes“Miserable people somehow becoming more miserable”
Surprised Face with Open Mouth“If you are looking for love, or rather, sentimental romance, this is not the right book. Here there are passions, revenge, resentments, racism and many domestic, psychological and physical abuses. It is precisely the narrative cruelty expressed by a raw and powerful, exciting and compelling language of the Brontë that fully involves you and makes you devour page after page. Pure nineteenth-century romanticism. Her narrative is put here ink on paper but remains indelible in my mind and in my heart. An unforgettable story, intense events, a moved interiority that changes you. Thanks Emily Brontë”

About Emily Brontë

Emily Jane Brontë (30 July 1818 – 19 December 1848) was an English novelist and poet who is best known for her only novel, Wuthering Heights, now considered a classic of English literature. She also published a book of poetry with her sisters Charlotte and Anne titled Poems by Currer, Ellis and Acton Bell with her own poems finding regard as poetic genius. Emily was the second-youngest of the four surviving Brontë siblings, between the youngest Anne and her brother Branwell. She published under the pen name Ellis Bell.

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