Wuthering Heights

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Summary

In this classic gothic story, Catherine Earnshaw is forced to choose between passionate, tortured foundling Heathcliff and gentle, well-bred Edgar Linton. Catherine surrenders to the expectations of her class and sets off a domino effect with lasting consequences. As bitterness and vengeance at this betrayal are visited upon the next generation, Catherine and Heathcliff’s innocent heirs must struggle to escape the legacy of the lovers’ tortured past.

About the Author

Emily Brontë (1818-48) was the most accomplished, yet least prolific, of the three literary Bronte sisters. Today, Wuthering Heights is recognized as perhaps the most sophisticated novel of the Gothic genre.