Wuthering Heights
by Emily Brontë
First published 1846 · English · 342 pages
- Novels
- Horror and gothic
- Children's
Wuthering Heights is a novel set on the Yorkshire moors, in two isolated houses, the rough farmhouse of the title and the more refined Thrushcross Grange. A visitor to the district hears the history of the households from the housekeeper, Nelly Dean. At its heart are Catherine Earnshaw and Heathcliff, an orphan taken in by her father, whose bond is deep and troubled. Their story spreads across two generations and explores love, class, revenge and the pull of wild nature against social convention. Its unusual structure, fierce emotion and refusal to offer easy moral comfort made it startling in its day. It remains one of the most discussed and loved English novels.
Quotes
No, I'm running on too fast: I bestow my own attributes over-liberally on him.
No, reprobate! you are a castaway—be off, or I’ll hurt you seriously! I’ll have you all modelled in wax and clay! and the first who passes the limits I fix shall—I’ll not say what he shall be done to—but, you’ll see! Go, I’m looking at you!”
intrusion. I’m now quite cured of seeking pleasure in society, be it country or town. A sensible man ought to find sufficient company in himself.”
Rough as a saw-edge, and hard as whinstone! The less you meddle with him the better.