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Wuthering Heights
Emily Brontë · 2002 · 416 pages
Coming soon to the big screen is Emerald Fennell’s feature film “Wuthering Heights,” which captures the spirit of this epic love story and stars Margot Robbie and Jacob Elordi as Catherine and Heathcliff.
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. What unfolds is the tale of the intense love between the gypsy foundling Heathcliff and Catherine Earnshaw. Catherine, forced to choose between passionate, tortured Heathcliff and 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 changing critical receptions of the novel, as well as Emily Brontë's influences and background.
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. What unfolds is the tale of the intense love between the gypsy foundling Heathcliff and Catherine Earnshaw. Catherine, forced to choose between passionate, tortured Heathcliff and 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 changing critical receptions of the novel, as well as Emily Brontë's influences and background.
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Natalie Wynn (Contrapoints)
“That's why a common feminine fantasy is being the center of attention from multiple men, because more men symbolizes more desire. It's why you get romance novels like, "2 Billionaires in Vegas", "3 Bosses' Assistant", "4 Ranchers' Bride", "5 Mafia Captor's Virgin", "6 Single Dad's Nanny", "7 Groomsmen from Hell", "8 Brother's Fiancee", "9 Marine's Shared Property", "10 Mountain Men's Baby", and "Wuthering Heights". It's really a straightforward example of what is called "wish fulfillment."”
Alice Hoffman
“The greatest psychological novel ever written, Wuthering Heights is also a love story, a mystery, a history, and a ghost story. Who haunts us and who we haunt in return is at the heart of this tragedy set in the gloomy moors of England. You will fall in love with Heathcliff or you’ll despise him, but you won’t stop reading. Check out my introduction in the Scholastic edition.”↗
Suzanne Vega
“It took me a while to get into this book but now it is permanently in my heart. I love the convoluted storytelling — the first person narrator, a stranger passing by who stays the night with a bewildering family, dreaming strange dreams. Then the narration switches to the family nurse who tells a story from generations ago, which explains the current circumstances. I also love the wildness of the characters — their jealousies, pains, passions and obsessions — as well as the unabashed antisocialism of the world contained at Wuthering Heights and the love story at the heart of the book.”↗
Joan Didion
“I think that the Brontës probably encouraged my own delusions of theatricality.”↗
Betty White
“I know it’s obvious, but I’m an incurable romantic, and I love rereading this novel.”↗
Chloë Grace Moretz
“In my opinion, the romance in it is scarcely found in books today.”↗
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