Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë (Macmillan Collector's Library)

Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë (Macmillan Collector's Library)

On the wild Yorkshire moors stands Wuthering Heights, a remote farmhouse inhabited by the mysterious landlord Heathcliff. A stranger inquires about this strange man and his isolated domain, and is told the tragic romance of Cathy and Heathcliff—a story of love so fierce it becomes destructive. Abandoned as a child, Heathcliff is taken in by Cathy's father but rejected by Cathy herself when, grown to adulthood, he lacks the social standing she craves. In despair, Heathcliff vanishes—only to return years later, wealthy and vengeful, determined to destroy everyone he holds responsible for his loss. His obsession with the now-married Cathy becomes a poison that seeps through generations, transforming love into cruelty and passion into revenge. Emily Brontë's only novel is a haunting meditation on the destructive power of thwarted love—a story where emotion becomes so intense it warps the very fabric of human relationships.

One of the great novels of the nineteenth century, Wuthering Heights remains unsurpassed in its depiction of obsessive, all-consuming love and the terrible consequences of revenge. Brontë creates a world where the boundaries between passion and destruction blur, where the moors themselves become a character in the drama, reflecting the turbulent emotions of her protagonists. This Macmillan Collector's Library edition features an afterword by David Pinching that contextualises Brontë's vision within both her own extraordinary life and the literary traditions she transformed. Beautifully bound in real cloth with gilt edges and ribbon marker, this is essential reading for anyone seeking to understand one of literature's most powerful explorations of human passion and its consequences.

Publisher: Macmillan Collector's Library

Date Published: 23/03/2017

ISBN: 9781509827800

Number of pages: 416

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• Hardcover

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