Collins Classics - Wuthering Heights, Paperback Book, By: Emily Bronte

Set on the bleak moors of yorkshire, lockwood is forced to seek shelter at wuthering heights, the home of his new landlord, heathcliff. The intense and wildly passionate heathcliff tells the story of his life, his all-consuming love for catherine earnshaw and the doomed outcome of that relationship, leading to his revenge. Poetic, complex and grand in its scope, emily bronte's masterpiece is considered one of the most unique gothic novels of its time. About emily bronte Emily bronte (1818-1848) was an english novelist and poet, best remembered for her only novel, wuthering heights. The novel's violence and passion shocked the victorian public and led to the belief that it was written by a man. Although emily died young (at the age of 30), her sole complete work is now considered a masterpiece of english literature.