Wuthering Heights n/e (Oxford World's Classics) - Softcover

Brontė, Emily

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0199541892 ISBN 13: 9780199541898

Publisher: OUP Oxford, 2009

Synopsis

'I am Heathcliff - he's always, always in my mind ...'

Discovered on the streets of Liverpool, Heathcliff is rescued by Mr Earnshaw and taken to the remote Yorkshire farmhouse of Wuthering Heights. Earnshaw's daughter Catherine rapidly forms a passionate attachment to him, but when Catherine's brother takes over the Heights, Heathcliff is lowered to the position of a barely-tolerated farmhand. When Catherine decides to marry the refined Edgar Linton instead, Heathcliff turns revenger. He determines to degrade not only those who sought to degrade him, but their children after them.

Wuthering Heights is one of the most famous love stories in the English language. It is also, as the Introduction to this edition explores, one of the most potent revenge narratives. Its ingenious narrative structure, vivid evocation of landscape, and the extraordinary power of its depiction of love and hatred have given it a unique place in English literature. This edition reproduces the authoritative Clarendon text, with revised and expanded notes and a selection from the poems of Emily Brontė.

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About this edition

• Publisher: OUP Oxford
• Publication date: 2009
• ISBN 10: 0199541892
• ISBN 13: 9780199541898
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 384
• Editor: Jack Ian