The Most Remarkable Novel In English! --Walter Allen Prominent English Critic
Dec 26, 2015
Introduction
First published in 1847, Emily Brontë’s Wuthering Heights ranks high on the
list of major works of English literature.
Introduction
A brooding tale of passion and revenge set in the Yorkshire moors, the novel has inspired no fewer than four film versions in modern times.
IntroductionEarly critics did not like the work, citing its excess of passion and its coarseness. A second edition was published in 1850, two years after the author’s death. Sympathetically prefaced by her sister Charlotte, it met with greater success, and the novel has continued to grow in stature ever since.
Check out these websites.http://www.wuthering-heights.co.uk/emily-portraits.phphttp://www.haworth-village.org.uk/brontes/thornton/thornton.asphttp://www.haworth-village.org.uk/brontes/emily/emily.asphttp://www.haworth-village.org.uk/brontes/parsonage/parsonage.asphttp://www.haworth-village.org.uk/history/church/bronte_church.asp
And for vocabulary Quizlet—
http://quizlet.com/1360468/wuthering-heights-first-25-vocab-words-flash-cards/
CHARACTER: HeathcliffBrooding, vengeful,
and tormented!
Passionately, obsessively
drawn to Catherine Earnshaw!
Catherine Earnshaw
High Spirited and independent!
She is Heathcliff’s soul-mate, but marries Edgar
Linton
Hindley EarnshawCatherine’s UngenerousBrother.
He abuses HeathcliffBecomes a drunkard
Loses Wuthering Heights to Heathcliff
Frances EarnshawHindley met/ married her at college and brought her back to Wuthering Heights. WEAK, DELICATEDied soon after giving birth to Hareton.
Hindley EarnshawSon of Hindley and
Frances.After his mother’s
death and his father’s downfall, he is reduced to servant status by cruel Heathcliff.
Edgar LintonCatherine’s refined and loving husband
He lacks Heathcliff’s dashing dark looks as well as Heathcliff’svigor and passion.
Isabella Linton• Despite repeated
warnings from her brother Edgar and from Catherine, Isabella marries Heathcliff, who does not love her.
Cathy Linton• Proud daughter
of Catherine Earnshaw Linton and Edgar Linton
• Inherits traits of both parents
Nelly DeanOne of twonarrators, sheis a servant whohas lived at bothWuthering Heightsand Thrushcross Grange. She knows both the Lintons and the Earnshaws. She has remarkable common sense, but little imagination.
Mr. LockwoodAn outsider and a foppish city-dweller who rents Thrushcross Grange and is one of the two narrators.