Wuthering Heights

'Wuthering Heights is commonly thought of as "romantic", but try rereading it without being astonished by the extremes of physical and psychological violence' Jeanette Winterson

Emily Brontë's novel of impossible desires, violence and transgression is a masterpiece of intense, unsettling power. It begins in a snowstorm, when Lockwood, the new tenant of Thrushcross Grange on the bleak Yorkshire moors, is forced to seek shelter at Wuthering Heights. There he discovers the history of the tempestuous events that took place years before: the intense passion between the foundling Heathcliff and Catherine Earnshaw, her betrayal of him and the bitter vengeance he now wreaks on the innocent heirs of the past.

Edited with an Introduction and notes by PAULINE NESTOR Preface by LUCASTA MILLER

Publisher: Penguin Group
Published: 12/31/2002
Pages: 416
Weight: 0.65lbs
Size: 7.60h x 5.00w x 1.00d
ISBN: 9780141439556
Age: Young Adult

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 11.3
Point Value: 23
Interest Level: Upper Grade
Quiz #/Name: 724 / Wuthering Heights (Unabridged)


Review Citation(s):
Library Journal 03/15/2007 pg. 105

About the Author
Emily Brontë (1818-48) along with her sisters, Charlotte and Anne, is one of the most significant literary figures of the 19th century. She wrote just one strikingly innovative novel but was also a gifted and intense poet. Pauline Nestor teaches English at Monash University, Australia. Lucasta Miller was educated at Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford.