Emily Bronte
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 11.3 - AR Pts: 23
Language
English
Description
Perhaps the most haunting and tragic love story ever written, Wuthering Heights is the tale of Heathcliff, a brooding, troubled orphan, and his doomed love for Catherine Earnshaw. His desire for her leads him to madness when Catherine is made to marry a wealthy lord, sending Heathcliff on a lifelong quest to avenge himself upon those who stole his only love and his life.
In this gripping chronicle of the never-ending conflict between...
In this gripping chronicle of the never-ending conflict between...
Publisher
Classics Illustrated
Pub. Date
2012
Physical Desc
1 online resource.
Language
English
Description
A novel by Emily Bronte published in 1847. It was her only novel and written between December 1845 and July 1846. It remained unpublished until July 1847 and was not printed until December after the success of her sister's novel Jane Eyre. It was finally printed under the pseudonym Ellis Bell; a posthumous second edition was edited by Charlotte. Beautifully illustrated, this classic tale will capture children's interest and spark their imagination...
Author
Publisher
Duke Classics
Language
English
Description
A country gentleman returns one night to his isolated and unforgiving home with a gypsy child tucked under his cloak. Treated as an animal, the child Heathcliff grows up twisted and wild. But he and the daughter of the house, Catherine, are inseparable and love each other like they were one being. When they grow up and Catherine wishes to enter the society which Heathcliff cannot, the lives of everyone around them are destroyed in the rending.
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