Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte
Intense relationship between the gypsy foundling Heathcliff and Catherine Earnshaw; and how Catherine, forced to choose between passionate, tortured Heathcliff and gentle, well-bred Edgar Linton, surrendered to the expectations of her class.
"It is as if Emily Brontë could tear up all that we know human beings by, and fill these unrecognizable transparencies with such a gust of life that they
transcend reality"
--Virginia Woolf
transcend reality"
--Virginia Woolf
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.
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9780141439556 |
| ISBN 10 | 0141439556 |
| Title | Wuthering Heights |
| Author | Emily Bront |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Year published | 2003-01-30 |
| Number of pages | 416 |
| Prizes | Runner-up for The BBC Big Read Top 100 2003, Runner-up for The BBC Big Read Top 21 2003, Short-listed for BBC Big Read Top 100 2003 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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