Wuthering Heights
Info
- Author: Emily Bronte
- Genre: Classic Lit.
- Publisher: Bantam Classics
- Type: Official Novel Book
- Release: Oct 01, 1983
- ASIN/ISBN: 0553212583
- Rating:
- Status: Read (336 Pages)
Review
On Oct 25, 2007 Corinne said:
"Now considered a classic of English literature, Wuthering Heights's innovative structure, which has been likened to a series of Matryoshka dolls,[citation needed] met with mixed reviews by critics when it first appeared.[1][2] Though Charlotte Brontë's Jane Eyre was originally considered the best of the Brontë sisters' works, many subsequent critics of Wuthering Heights argued that its originality and achievement made it superior.[3] Wuthering Heights has also given rise to many adaptations and inspired works, including films, radio, television dramatisations, musicals and songs (notably the hit Wuthering Heights by Kate Bush), ballet and opera."
Details
"Wuthering Heights is Emily Bronte's only novel. It was first published in 1847 under the pseudonym Ellis Bell, and a posthumous second edition was edited by her sister Charlotte. The name of the novel comes from the Yorkshire manor on the moors on which the story centres. (As an adjective, Wuthering is a Yorkshire word referring to turbulent weather.). The narrative tells the tale of the all-encompassing and passionate, yet thwarted love between Heathcliff and Catherine Earnshaw, and how this unresolved passion eventually destroys both themselves and many around them."