Wuthering Heights

The prevailing opinion among contemporaries and later critics was that Emily Brontë (1818—1848) was much more a poet than a novelist. Yet, she entered literary history primarily as the author of her famous novel, "Wuthering Heights." It has been called "the most romantic novel," "a devilish book uniting all the strongest feminine tendencies," and one of the best novels "for the power and penetrating nature of its style." Reading the novel leaves no one indifferent. This tale, fueled by love and hatred, recounts the fatal passion of Heathcliff, the adopted son of the owner of the Wuthering Heights estate, for the owner's daughter, Catherine. It continues to draw readers in, captivating them with its beauty and striking them with the author's deep penetration into the secrets of the human soul.