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Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë is a gripping tale of passion and revenge set against the bleak Yorkshire moors. It follows the intense and tumultuous relationship between Heathcliff, a brooding orphan, and Catherine Earnshaw. Their story is one of love and resentment, intricately affecting the lives of two generations in a haunting and dramatic narrative.
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You might enjoy this book if you are captivated by intense and turbulent love stories set against a dramatic and wild moorland backdrop. This classic tale explores themes of passion, revenge, and the complexities of human emotions, making it perfect for readers who appreciate deep emotional conflicts and Gothic atmospheres.

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Wuthering Heights

As darkness falls, a man caught in a snowstorm is forced to shelter at the strange, grim house Wuthering Heights. It is a place he will never forget. There he will come to learn the story of Cathy: how she was forced to choose between her well-meaning husband and the dangerous man she had loved since she was young.

In a house haunted by memories, the past is everywhere . . .

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Beautifully designed, clothbound edition

Part of Penguin's beautiful hardback Clothbound Classics series, designed by the award-winning Coralie Bickford-Smith, these delectable and collectible editions are bound in high-quality colourful, tactile cloth with foil stamped into the design.

In a house haunted by memories, the past is everywhere ...

As darkness falls, a man caught in a snowstorm is forced to shelter at the strange, grim house Wuthering Heights. It is a place he will never forget. There he will come to learn the story of Cathy—how she was forced to choose between her well-meaning husband and the dangerous man she had loved since she was young. How her choice led to betrayal and terrible revenge—and continues to torment those in the present. How love can transgress authority, convention, even death.

Series: Penguin Clothbound Classics

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Wuthering Heights is often praised for its intense passion and complex characters. Virginia Woolf highlights Emily Brontë's ability to create vividly lifelike and transcendent characters, suggesting the novel offers a depth of human experience that surpasses ordinary reality. The book is celebrated for its emotional power and innovative narrative style.

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ISBN: 9780141040356

Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 06 November 2008

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Penguin Classics

Contributors:

  • Edited by Pauline Nestor
  • Preface by Lucasta Miller

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 34.0mm

Width: 137.0mm

Height: 205.0mm

Weight: 539g

Pages: 416

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About the Author

Emily Bronte (1818-48) along with her sisters, Charlotte and Anne, is one of the most significant literary figures of the 19th century. She wrote just one strikingly innovative novel but was also a gifted and intense poet. Pauline Nestor teaches English at Monash University, Australia. Lucasta Miller was educated at Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford.

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