Raging Villa Popular Edition of World Literary Classics

Author: Emily Bront?
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Publication Date: 2001-08-01
Features: Wuthering Heights is a shocking and unforgettable "peculiar novel" by Emily Bront?, the second sister of the famous Bront? sisters, and also her only work in her lifetime. The orphan Heathcliff is adopted by the master of Wuthering Heights, Mr. Earnshaw, and his daughter Catherine grows up with him in friendship, developing a passionate love. Meanwhile, the master's son Hindley hates him. After Mr. Earnshaw's death, Heathcliff is reduced to a servant and subjected to various humiliations. Catherine marries Edgar Linton, the master of Thrushcross Grange, to obtain financial support for Heathcliff from his wealth. Heathcliff learns of this and furiously leaves. Years later, Heathcliff returns enriched, driving Hindley to bankruptcy andmarrying Edgar's sister, Isabella, with whom he cruelly treats her. Catherine finally dies of sorrow, unable to be reunited with Heathcliff.