Wuthering Heights -- Emily Brontë

Perhaps the most haunting and tormented love story ever written, <b>Wuthering Heights</b> is the tale of the troubled orphan Heathcliff and his doomed love for Catherine Earnshaw. <p/>Published in 1847, the year before Emily Bronte's death at the age of thirty, <b>Wuthering Heights</b> has proved to be one of the nineteenth century's most popular yet disturbing masterpieces. The windswept moors are the unforgettable setting of this tale of the love between the foundling Heathcliff and his wealthy benefactor's daughter, Catherine. Through Catherine's betrayal of Heathcliff and his bitter vengeance, their mythic passion haunts the next generation even after their deaths. Incorporating elements of many genres--from gothic novels and ghost stories to poetic allegory--and transcending them all, <b>Wuthering Heights</b> is a mystifying and powerful tour de force.<br><br><b>Author:</b> Emily Bronte<br><b>Publisher:</b> Vintage<br><b>Published:</b> 04/07/2009<br><b>Pages:</b> 400<br><b>Binding Type:</b> Paperback<br><b>Weight:</b> 0.63lbs<br><b>Size:</b> 8.06h x 5.20w x 0.85d<br><b>ISBN:</b> 9780307455185<br><p><b>About the Author</b><br>Emily Jane Brontë was the most solitary member of a unique, tightly-knit, English provincial family. Born in 1818, she shared the parsonage of the town of Haworth, Yorkshire, with her older sister, Charlotte, her brother, Branwell, her younger sister, Anne, and her father, The Reverend Patrick Brontë. All five were poets and writers; all but Branwel