Wuthering Heights is an 1847 novel by Emily Brontë, initially published under the pseudonym Ellis Bell. It concerns two families of the landed gentry living on the West Yorkshire moors, the Earnshaws and the Lintons, and their turbulent relationships with Earnshaw's adopted son, Heathcliff. The novel was influenced by Romanticism and Gothic fiction. Wuthering Heights is now considered a classic of English literature, but contemporaneous reviews were polarised. It was controversial for its depictions of mental and physical cruelty, and for its challenges to Victorian morality and religious and societal values. Wuthering Heights was accepted by publisher Thomas Newby along with Anne Brontë's Agnes Grey before the success of their sister Charlotte's novel Jane Eyre, but they were published later. Charlotte edited a second edition of Wuthering Heights after Emily's death which was published in 1850.
| Author | Emily Brontë |
| Published | December 1847 |
| Publisher | Thomas Cautley Newby |
| Text | Wuthering Heights online |
About Wuthering Heights
A young woman shares a loving bond with the man who works in her family's stable. When he leaves the estate out of resentment the two start new lives which complicates things further. The film is an adaptation of Emily Bronte' classic novel.
Achievement of Wuthering Heights
The feature film was directed by William Wyler. It was nominated for a staggering eight Academy Awards at the time.
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Latest information about Wuthering Heights updated on December 03 2021.
