Wuthering Heights
                                      Emily Bronte


                                              Crystal Siasang
                                          crystalsiasang@gmail.com

Set in the 18th century against the backdrop of the wild and rugged Yorkshire countryside, Wuthering Heights is the story of crazed passion, longing and revenge. The story begins when Mr. Lockwood, resident of an old mansion Thrushcross Grange travels to another mansion, Wuthering Heights, to meet his quiet, reserved and gloomy landlord Heathcliffe. Mr. Lockwood is forced to spend the night in the Heights because of a thunderstorm and is put up in a room which once belonged to a young Catherine Earnshaw. The night turns out to be wild and stormy. The next morning when Mr. Lockwood goes home, he asks his maid, Ellen Dean, about Heathcliffe and Cathrine. It is the history of this couple that sets the story into motion.

Young Heathcliffe was raised in the Heights where he was brought by the master of the house, Earnshaw, from one of his trips. Heathcliffe befriends and falls in love with the wild and passionate Catherine Earnshaw who returns Heathcliffe's silent and brooding love. Their star-crossed love coupled with the intense hatred of Cathy's brother forms the core of the book. How Heathcliffe loses Cathy and his agonizing longing for the only woman he could ever love is the haunting climax of the novel.

I found the story of this book to be very fascinating. It had a very expressive story line. Even though I only read the book once, it captured my imagination from the beginning. The vocabulary was a bit difficult to understand sometimes since this is a ‘Classic Novel’. However, overall, the story was easy to understand. I would definitely recommend this book for those of us that love tragic love stories from time to time.

Emliy Jane Bronte was born to Patrick and Maria Bronte in 1818. She had six siblings; four sisters, two of which passed away and one brother. Emily was an English author and poet. Wuthering Heights was her only novel. It was first published in 1847 by her sister Charlotte. The name of the novel comes from the Yorkshire manor on the moors in which most of the story takes place. The narrative tells the tale of the passionate, yet unfortunate, love between Heathcliff and Catherine Earnshaw, and how this unresolved passion eventually destroys them and many around them. Emily Bronte passed away of illness in 1848 at age 30.

 

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