The tale of Heathcliff and Cathy''s ungovernable love and suffering, and the havoc that their passion wreaks on the families of the Earnshaws and the Lintons, shocked the book''s first readers, with even Emily''s sister Charlotte wondering whether it is right or advisable to create beings like Heathcliff . Replete with unforgettable characters and situations that have seared themselves into our literary consciousness, Emily Bronte''s intense masterpiece is one of the most haunting love stories in the canon of English literature.

Born in 1818, Emily was the middle of the three famous Brontë sisters. Raised on the Yorkshire moors by her clergyman father, Emily spent her childhood inventing and writing about imaginary worlds with her siblings. Wuthering heights was her only novel, for which she enjoyed much fame in her lifetime. She died of tuberculosis in 1848, ...

Title:Wuthering Heights

Format:Paperback

Product dimensions:352 pages, 7.83 X 5.09 X 0.93 in

Shipping dimensions:352 pages, 7.83 X 5.09 X 0.93 in

Published:April 1, 2014

Publisher:Bloomsbury USA

Language:English

Appropriate for ages:All ages

ISBN - 13:9781847493217

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