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Wuthering Heights
Emily Brontë

Wuthering Heights

Emily Brontë
1847 Yorkshire Moors, England 34 chapters
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About This Book

A tale of obsessive love and revenge on the wild Yorkshire moors. Heathcliff, a foundling, falls in love with Catherine Earnshaw — but class and cruelty drive them apart with devastating consequences.

About the Author

Emily Brontë (1818-1848) was an English novelist and poet, best known for her only novel Wuthering Heights, a masterpiece of gothic English literature.

Time & Place

Period: 1801-1802 (with flashbacks to 1770s)
Setting: Yorkshire Moors, England