Wuthering Heights

Wuthering Heights tells of the Earnshaw and Linton families, who own land near the West Yorkshire moors, and of Heathcliff, the orphan the Earnshaws raise as a foster son. Mr Lockwood, renting Thrushcross Grange, visits his landlord Heathcliff at Wuthering Heights; when Lockwood falls ill, housekeeper Ellen "Nelly" Dean recounts the Earnshaw family's past. That past involves Catherine Earnshaw, Hindley, and Heathcliff. The novel deals with love, possession, revenge, and reconciliation, and draws on Romanticism and Gothic fiction. The novel first appeared in 1847 as the work of Ellis Bell.

Why You Should Read?

• Explore love, possession, revenge, and reconciliation as the novel develops these themes.
• Meet Heathcliff, the orphan brought into the Earnshaw household, and follow his relationships with the family.
• Follow Mr Lockwood as he visits Wuthering Heights and later hears Ellen "Nelly" Dean's account of the past.
• Experience a story shaped by Romanticism and Gothic fiction, set among the Earnshaws and Lintons on the moors.

About the Author

Emily Brontë was an English writer whose best-known work is the 1847 novel Wuthering Heights. She co-authored a poetry book with her sisters. Her mother died when Emily was three, and an aunt cared for the children. Her father taught her at home. She was close to her siblings and wrote about imaginary worlds. A sister remembered her as solitary, strong-willed and unwilling to conform. Emily spent most of her life at home in Haworth, helping with chores, playing the piano and teaching herself from books. Wuthering Heights is regarded as a classic in English literature.