Wuthering Heights - Hardcover

Brontė, Emily

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1680922513 ISBN 13: 9781680922516

Publisher: 12th Media Services, 1847

Synopsis

Wuthering Heights, Emily Brontė's only novel, was published in 1847 under the pseudonym "Ellis Bell". It was written between October 1845 and June 1846. Wuthering Heights and Anne Brontė's Agnes Grey were accepted by publisher Thomas Newby before the success of their sister Charlotte's novel Jane Eyre. After Emily's death, Charlotte edited the manuscript of Wuthering Heights and arranged for the edited version to be published as a posthumous second edition in 1850.

Although Wuthering Heights is now a classic of English literature, contemporaneous reviews were deeply polarised; it was controversial because of its unusually stark depiction of mental and physical cruelty, and it challenged strict Victorian ideals regarding religious hypocrisy, morality, social classes and gender inequality. The English poet and painter Dante Gabriel Rossetti, although an admirer of the book, referred to it as "A fiend of a book – an incredible monster [...] The action is laid in hell, – only it seems places and people have English names there."

Wuthering Heights contains elements of gothic fiction, and another significant aspect is the moorland setting. The novel has inspired adaptations, including film, radio and television dramatisations, a musical, a ballet, operas, and a song by Kate Bush.  Source: Wikipedia
 

About this edition

• Publisher: 12th Media Services
• Publication date: 1847
• ISBN 10: 1680922513
• ISBN 13: 9781680922516
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 200