Literary Fiction· United Kingdom
Wuthering Heights
by Emily BrontëAggregate Editorial Score45/100
Guardian 100 Best Novels
Published 1847318 pagesEnglish
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Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë is a landmark work of literary fiction, first published in 1847. The wild, passionate love between Heathcliff—an orphan of unknown origin—and Catherine Earnshaw haunts the Yorkshire moors across two generations. Emily Brontë's only novel is a ferocious, gothic masterpiece of obsessive love and social revenge, unlike anything written before or since. Themes of obsession, love, class run through the work. The book has received recognition from Guardian 100 Best Novels 1847.
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