Wuthering Height

Wuthering Heights is the only novel by Emily Brontë published in 1847 under the pseudonym Ellis Bell. This gothic tale is set on the Yorkshire moors and tells the tumultuous love story between Heathcliff a brooding orphan and Catherine Earnshaw the daughter of his adoptive father. Their passionate and destructive relationship wreaks havoc on those around them leading to themes of revenge social class and the nature of love. Brontë’s evocative prose and innovative narrative structure make Wuthering Heights a landmark in English literature exploring the darker sides of human emotion and the haunting power of the past.