Record Added: 9/12/2011 Series Scholastic Classics Setting  England Topic Adult Fiction, Classics Publisher Scholastic Book Services ISBN 0531169650 Year 2006 Age Adult Pages 307 Description Gray printed binding
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Wuthering Heights is the only novel by Emily Brontė. Written between December 1845 to July 1846, it was initially rejected by publishers, until July 1847 when it was finally accepted; however, it was not printed until December, following the success of Jane Eyre. Choosing not to use her real name, it was printed under the pseudonym Ellis Bell, and a posthumous second edition was edited by her sister Charlotte.
The name of the novel comes from the Yorkshire manor on the moors on which the story centers (as an adjective; wuthering is a Yorkshire word referring to turbulent weather). The narrative tells the tale of the all-encompassing and passionate, yet thwarted, love between Catherine Earnshaw and Heathcliff, and how this unresolved passion eventually destroys them and many around them. |
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