Wuthering Heights

Emily Brontë (1818-1848)

Original en 115872 words First published 1847 United Kingdom

Emily Brontë's only novel, 1847 — the strangest, darkest and in many judgments the greatest of the Brontë books. On the Yorkshire moors, foundling Heathcliff is adopted into the Earnshaw family and loved with absolute, annihilating passion by Catherine Earnshaw, who marries the polite Edgar Linton instead. Heathcliff's revenge on both families consumes two generations. A novel of love as elemental force rather than feeling, told through layers of unreliable narrators, it shocked its own time and has towered over English fiction ever since.

Text sourced from Project Gutenberg (public domain in the United States); the Project Gutenberg trademark and license text have been removed on import. Public-domain status determined by the author's death year + 50 years rule.

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