Wuthering Heights

Wuthering Heights is Emily BrontE's classic tale of tumultuous love thrown up against envy, regret, and revenge. A widely read romance today, it was cutting edge in the 1800s. In fact, aware that she was writing against the grain of the Victorian era, BrontE originally released the work under the pseudonym "Ellis Bell." Given the tragic outcome of affairs at the ancient manor of Wuthering Heights, this is a love story that is at odds with the 'storybook ending' that we might associate with the romance genre, Valentine's Day, and the like. At the time, a reviewer wrote that BrontE's book described "brutal cruelty, and semi-savage love." The women: "tantalising, and terrible." The men: "indescribable out of the book itself." In weaving her story so, BrontE left her mark on English literature forever.