Product Description

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. And how desire can kill.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #457 in Books
• Published on: 2007-01-25
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 288 pages

About the Author
Emily Bronte (1818-1848) published only one novel, Wuthering Heights (1847), a story of doomed love and revenge. But that single work places has its place among the masterpieces of English literature. Some of her best lyrics are also rated with the best in English poetry.

Customer Reviews

Don't begin with expectations of a romantic novel...
I had seen the 1939 film with Laurence Olivier and Merle Oberon (numerous times) and loved it, never failing to be moved by the love story of Heathcliff and Cathy which was portrayed so well and with such depth by Laurence Olivier in the penultimate scene (I think). The film is based on the romance of Heathcliff and Cathy but not the depth of the torment, not the bleakness of the characters, and not the destruction that their love and their circumstances results in. If you want a romantic novel, with romantic heroes, this book may not be your cup of tea. But I strongly recommend this book. It's shocking at times, as the characters can be so appalling and are so wronged, but it is gripping and well worth persevering with. I've read reviews that advise reading Jane Eyre instead (which is a wonderful book in it's own right and much more about the "romance") but I wouldn't even compare the two; they're written by sisters but are completely different novels. I'd recommend both! But open your mind to Wuthering Heights. Prepare yourself for a bit of a ride. And don't compare begin the book with expectations of classic Hollywood story-telling or romantic novels. It's neither. And it's fantastic.

Read don't watch
No film has managed, so far, to do this book justice. It's a great read and one I come back to again and again. Gritty, brutal, beautiful and romantic (without being slushy) all at once. As with most of her books, the characters are extremely well depicted, and it's irrelevant whether you like them or not - you what know what happens next.

Stunning
I've just read this book for the third time, and it's certainly one of those rare finds that gets better and better with every read. Dark, brooding and passionate, Emily Bronte shows great talent as writer and demonstrates a great understanding and a great flair for the Gothic genre. Despite the unlikeable characters, the reader is sucked into their all-encompassing world of gloom, love, madness, despair and revenge. Heathcliff is certainly the greatest anti-hero created. I only wish EB's last manuscript had not been destroyed, unpublished, after her death - know knows what master-piece she would have created?