Wuthering Heights (Penguin Classics)

Wuthering Heights, one of the classic masterpieces of English literature, is a gripping novel of love, propriety, and tragedy. It has been nominated as one of America's best-loved novels by PBS's The Great American Read. Emily Brontë's only novel endures as a work of tremendous and far-reaching influence.

The Penguin Classics edition is the definitive version of the text, edited with an introduction by Pauline Nestor. Lockwood, the new tenant of Thrushcross Grange, situated on the bleak Yorkshire moors, is forced to seek shelter one night at Wuthering Heights, the home of his landlord. There, he discovers the history of the tempestuous events that took place years before.

The tale that unfolds is one of the intense love between the gypsy foundling Heathcliff and Catherine Earnshaw. Catherine, forced to choose between the passionate, tortured Heathcliff and the gentle, well-bred Edgar Linton, surrendered to the expectations of her class. As Heathcliff's bitterness and vengeance at his betrayal is visited upon the next generation, their innocent heirs must struggle to escape the legacy of the past.

In this edition, a new preface by Lucasta Miller, author of The Brontë Myth, looks at the ways in which the novel has been interpreted, from Charlotte Brontë onwards. This complements Pauline Nestor's introduction, which discusses the changing critical receptions of the novel, as well as Emily Brontë's influences and background.

The Penguin Classics edition of Wuthering Heights is the definitive version of the text, edited with an introduction by Pauline Nestor. Lockwood, the new tenant of Thrushcross Grange, situated on the bleak Yorkshire moors, is forced to seek shelter one night at Wuthering Heights, the home of his landlord. There, he discovers the history of the tempestuous events that took place years before. The tale that unfolds is one of the intense love between the gypsy foundling Heathcliff and Catherine Earnshaw. Catherine, forced to choose between the passionate, tortured Heathcliff and the gentle, well-bred Edgar Linton, surrendered to the expectations of her class. As Heathcliff's bitterness and vengeance at his betrayal is visited upon the next generation, their innocent heirs must struggle to escape the legacy of the past.

In this edition, a new preface by Lucasta Miller, author of The Brontë Myth, looks at the ways in which the novel has been interpreted, from Charlotte Brontë onwards. This complements Pauline Nestor's introduction, which discusses the changing critical receptions of the novel, as well as Emily Brontë's influences and background. Wuthering Heights, one of the classic masterpieces of English literature, is a gripping novel of love, propriety, and tragedy. It has been nominated as one of America's best-loved novels by PBS's The Great American Read. Emily Brontë's only novel endures as a work of tremendous and far-reaching influence.

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