Wuthering Heights

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Emily Brontë

Wuthering Heights is one of the most famous love stories in the English language. It is also, as the Introduction to this edition reveals, one of the most potent revenge narratives. Its ingenious narrative structure, vivid evocation of landscape, and the extraordinary power of its depiction of love and hatred have given it a unique place in English literature. The passionate tale of Catherine and Heathcliff is here presented in a new edition that examines the qualities that make it such a powerful and compelling novel. The Introduction by Helen Small sheds light on the novel's oddness and power, its amorality and Romantic influences, its structure and narration, and the sadistic violence embodied in the character of Heathcliff. The volume retains the authoritative Clarendon text and notes, with new notes that identify literary allusions hitherto unnoticed. In addition, the edition boasts two appendices, one of which contains poems by Emily Brontë selected for their relevance to the novel, and a second which contains Charlotte Brontë's "Biographical Notice of Ellis & Acton Bell" and "Preface to the New Edition."

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Author

Emily Brontë

Pages

330

Publisher

Oxford University Press

Published Date

2008

ISBN

0199535604 9780199535606

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"⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️"

Sher Free✌️

"Wow, what a classic indeed. Things I wish I'd known before reading: - this is not a romance, it's a damn tragedy - the narrator is some random dude that has nothing to do with anything - it frequently switches timeframes (sometimes without warning) and can turn from a retelling to a retelling of a retelling so that gets a bit confusing trying to parse out who's point of view you are supposedly hearing from - heathcliff and Catherine's "love story" only accounts for about half of the book - it's super depressing and you pretty much hate all the characters"

Jamie Publicover

"Trashy toxic people. This isn't love or romance "

Vicki Kreag

"This novel is AMAZING. It is comedic, romantic, and haunting all wrapped up into one beautiful story. This rapidly became one of my favorites!!!"

Riley Siegenthaler

"I remember reading this during my freshman year of high school and absolutely loving it, so I gave it a re-read. Emily Bronte does such a good job of making such hateable yet lovable characters, and creating an atmosphere of gloom. It got to the point halfway through where I had to put it down for a week because of how much I hated what Heathcliff put everyone through. It's amazing because while I can't stand Heathcliff, and he's very much shown as evil the majority of the time, Emily gives us glimpses into his heart and childhood that really tugs at your heartstrings and makes you feel sympathy for him. I straight up just hated Joseph though. He was a spiteful, hateful, power-hungry old man who had such a strong accent I had a stroke trying to read and understand what he was saying half the time. "

goomba 555

"Brilliantly dark and twisted tale. I love it."

M Inoue

"I absolutely understand the hype around this book. Objectively, this book was well-written and interesting. Personally, it was not for me. I read this for one of my college courses and I thoroughly recommend it to anyone who enjoys Emily Brontë’s poems or enjoys ant of Charlotte Brontë’s literary works. "

Kam

"Threw me for an emotional and psychological rollercoaster except everything was on fire (proverbially)"

Isabella G

"It’s a classic. However it is turtle slow on the plot and is unnecessarily over descriptive. Plot to me is mundane and barely there. I was not a fan of the book. "