Wuthering Heights

by Emily Bronte

John S. Whitley, Dr Keith Carabine, and Keith Carabine

Introduction and Notes by John S. Whitley, University of Sussex.

Wuthering Heights is a wild, passionate story of the intense and almost demonic love between Catherine Earnshaw and Heathcliff, a foundling adopted by Catherine's father. After Mr Earnshaw's death, Heathcliff is bullied and humiliated by Catherine's brother Hindley and wrongly believing that his love for Catherine is not reciprocated, leaves Wuthering Heights, only to return years later as a wealthy and polished man. He proceeds to exact a terrible revenge for his former miseries.

The action of the story is chaotic and unremittingly violent, but the accomplished handling of a complex structure, the evocative descriptions of the lonely moorland setting and the poetic grandeur of vision combine to make this unique novel a masterpiece of English literature.

• ISBN10: 1853260010
• ISBN13: 9781853260018
• Publish Date: 5 May 1992 (first published 1 January 1847)
• Publish Status: Active
• Publish Country: GB
• Imprint: Wordsworth Editions Ltd
• Format: Paperback
• Pages: 272
• Language: English

Reviews

[ellieroth]

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[nightingalereads]

I wanted to like this book SO badly, but I've tried twice and just can't get into it. I'll give it another go someday.

[katie-wordsforworms]

This book makes me glad I'm a hearty American who can get caught out in the rain without taking to my bed for a year and dying after a prolonged illness.

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[Eve1972]

Enjoyed this book!