9781979210294

Wuthering Heights

Format: Paperback

ISBN13: 9781979210294

Paperback|9781979210294


Overview

Wuthering Heights is Emily Brontë's only novel. Written between October 1845 and June 1846, Wuthering Heights was published in 1847 under the pseudonym "Ellis Bell"; Brontë died the following year, aged 30. Wuthering Heights and Anne Brontë's Agnes Grey were accepted by publisher Thomas Newby before the success of their sister Charlotte's novel, Jane Eyre. After Emily's death, Charlotte edited the manuscript of Wuthering Heights, and arranged for the edited version to be published as a posthumous second edition in 1850. Although Wuthering Heights is now widely regarded as a classic of English literature, contemporary reviews for the novel were deeply polarised; it was considered controversial because its depiction of mental and physical cruelty was unusually stark, and it challenged strict Victorian ideals of the day regarding religious hypocrisy, morality, social classes and gender inequality. The English poet and painter Dante Gabriel Rossetti, although an admirer of the book, referred to it as "A fiend of a book - an incredible monster. The action is laid in hell, - only it seems places and people have English names there."

ISBN-13

9781979210294

ISBN-10

1979210292

Weight

0.89 Pounds

Dimensions

5.98 x 0.62 x 9.02 In

List Price

$10.98

Format

Paperback

Language

English

Pages

274 pages

Publisher

CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform

Published On

2017-10-29



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