Emily Bronte Novel Wuthering Heights
Wuthering heights is a novel by emily brontë published in 1847 under her pseudonym ellis bell.
Emily bronte novel wuthering heights. One may guess the. Written between october 1845 and june 1846. Wuthering heights and anne brontë s agnes grey were accepted by publisher thomas newby before the success of her sister charlotte s novel jane eyre. An isolated painfully shy woman she produced one of the most distinctive novels in literature and some of the greatest poetry.
Free kindle book and epub digitized and proofread by project gutenberg. After mr earnshaw s death heathcliff is bullied and humiliated by catherine s brother hindley and wrongly believing that his love for catherine is not reciprocated leaves wuthering heights only to return years later as a wealthy and polished man. Born on july 30 1818 in thornton yorkshire england emily brontë is best remembered for her 1847 novel wuthering heights. Wuthering heights is the name of mr.
Written between october 1845 and june 1846. Wuthering heights is a wild passionate story of the intense and almost demonic love between catherine earnshaw and heathcliff a foundling adopted by catherine s father. Wuthering heights by emily brontë. She was not the only creative talent in her family her sisters.
Most of the novel is the story told by housekeeper nelly dean to lockwood though the novel uses several narrators in fact five or six to place the story in perspective or in a variety of perspectives. Pure bracing ventilation they must have up there at all times indeed. Her character and life are as singular as her book. The author of wuthering heights was emily jane brontë the middle of the world famous brontë sisters pronounced bron tee not bron tay see pronunciations.
Wuthering heights emily brontë wuthering heights is emily brontë s only novel. Wuthering being a significant provincial adjective descriptive of the atmospheric tumult to which its station is exposed in stormy weather.