Oxford Reading Tree TreeTops Classics: Level 17: Wuthering Heights - Softcover

Shirley Isherwood; Zhenya Matysiak; Emily Brontė

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0198448813 ISBN 13: 9780198448815

Publisher: Oxford University Press, 2014

Synopsis

Wuthering Heights tells the story of Catherine Earnshaw and Heathcliff. As children they are inseparable and grow up running wild on the rugged moors. But when headstrong Catherine meets Edgar Linton, she must make a choice that will affect everyone around them. Exciting and powerful classic stories to enrich and extend your children's reading experiences. TreeTops Classics are carefully adapted versions of must-read stories which introduce your readers to significant authors, powerful plots and characters that have stood the test of time. These abridged versions of classics have been sensitively adapted by top children's authors to ensure that language and content is appropriate, but remain faithful to the original. These enchanting stories will appeal to all your junior readers and introduce them to a rich literary heritage. Each book includes author biographies and notes to help with historical and social context and any challenging vocabulary, ensuring the books are easily accessible. Books contain inside cover notes to support children in their reading. Help with children's reading development also available at www.oxfordowl.co.uk. The books are finely levelled, making it easy to match every child to the right book.

About this title

About the Author

Emily Brontė was born on 30th July 1818. She was the younger sister of Charlotte Brontė and the fifth of six children. From 1820 Emily's father was perpetual curate of Haworth in North Yorkshire. After the death of their mother in 1821, the older sisters were sent away to school and Emily joined them for a brief period, however two of her sisters contracted typhus and subsequently died and the remaining sisters and their brother were thereafter educated at home. Apart from a brief spell as a teacher, Emily spent the most part of her adult life at home, cooking, cleaning and teaching at Sunday school. In 1846 there appeared 'Poems by Currer, Ellis, and Acton Bell', the pseudonyms of Charlotte, Emily, and Anne Brontė. Wuthering Heights was Emily's only novel and was first published in 1847. Emily Brontė died from tuberculosis in 1848.

Edition details

• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Publication date: 2014
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0198448813
• ISBN 13: 9780198448815
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 104