Wuthering Heights
Wuthering Heights is a novel by Emily Brontë. It was first published in 1847 under the pseudonym (false name) "Ellis Bell". After her death, a second edition was edited by her sister Charlotte. The story is about the love of Heathcliff and Catherine Earnshaw, foster siblings in Yorkshire. It is a classic of English literature, and has been made into movies many times and also a hit song by Kate Bush.
Author | Emily Brontë |
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Country | United Kingdom |
Language | English |
Publisher | Thomas Cautley Newby |
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The climb to ruined farmhouse Top Withens, thought to have inspired the Earnshaws' home in Wuthering Heights
High Sunderland Hall in 1818, shortly before Emily Brontë saw the building.
Laurence Olivier and Merle Oberon in the 1939 film Wuthering Heights
Other websites
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- Wuthering Heights at Project Gutenberg
- Wuthering Heights, online text with PDF version.
- Reader's Guide to Wuthering Heights
- Wuthering Heights voted UK's favourite love story, Guardian