Wuthering Heights
Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte is a classic tale of tormented love and the inescapable pull of the past, published by Random House Publishing Group on December 7, 2021. This edition spans 384 pages and is presented in English. The narrative follows young orphan Heathcliff, who is adopted by a wealthy gentleman and forms a close bond with his benefactor’s daughter, Cathy. As their childhood friendship evolves into a complex and possessive love, they grapple with the oppressive forces of social class and familial tyranny that threaten to keep them apart.
Readers will encounter a darkly captivating story that explores themes of frustrated passion and heartbreak, set against the backdrop of the Yorkshire moors. Bronte’s prose delves into the nature of human folly, challenging the gender, religious, and social norms of her time. This edition is part of the Modern Library Torchbearers series, which highlights women writers who expressed themselves with boldness and creativity. Wuthering Heights remains a profound examination of love’s cruelty and the haunting influence of the past.
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The classic tale of tormented love and the inexorable pull of the past, from one of history’s greatest literary talents, with an introduction by Silvia Moreno-Garcia, New York Times bestselling author of Mexican Gothic
When young orphan Heathcliff is adopted by a wealthy gentleman, he quickly forms a close bond with his benefactor’s daughter, Cathy. But over the years, their childhood friendship morphs into a desperate, twisted, possessive love, as they wrestle with the violent and tyrannical rule of Cathy’s brother and the confines of social class that keep them apart. What follows is an ingenious and darkly captivating narrative of frustrated passion and tortured heartbreak reverberating through the generations, wrought with all the brutality, power, and wildness of the Yorkshire moors.
With striking force, Emily Brontë’s mesmerizing prose claws at the nature of human folly, defying the gender, religious, and social mores of its day. Wuthering Heights is a transcendent, mystifying masterpiece that examines the cruelty of love, and the ways in which the past, scratching at a windowpane with ghostly fingers, never lets us go.
The Modern Library Torchbearers series features women who wrote on their own terms, with boldness, creativity, and a spirit of resistance.
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