Wuthering Heights

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literary work novel

Wuthering Heights is Emily Brontë’s classic 1847 novel that blends dark romance and psychological drama on the Yorkshire moors, renowned for its intense characters and innovative narrative structure.

Aliases (1)

Wuthering Heights (novel) ×1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	literary work → novel →
adaptedAs	ballet → feature film → musical → opera → radio drama → stage play → television drama →
author	Emily Brontë →
containsCharacterRelationship	Earnshaw family and Linton family → Heathcliff and Catherine Earnshaw →
countryOfOrigin	United Kingdom →
criticalReputation	considered a classic of English literature →
firstPublisher	Thomas Cautley Newby →
genre	Gothic fiction → psychological fiction → romantic novel → tragedy →
influenced	Gothic romance tradition →
literaryPeriod	Victorian literature →
mainCharacter	Catherine Earnshaw → Cathy Linton → Edgar Linton → Hareton Earnshaw → Heathcliff → Isabella Linton →
narrativeStructure	frame narrative →
narrator	Lockwood → Nelly Dean →
originalLanguage	English →
originalTitle	Wuthering Heights →
placeInSeries	only novel by Emily Brontë →
publicationYear	1847 →
publishedUnderPseudonym	Ellis Bell →
publisherLocation	London →
settingCountry	England →
settingLocation	Yorkshire moors →
structureFeature	multiple narrators → nonlinear timeline →
theme	family conflict → nature versus civilization → obsessive love → revenge → social class → the supernatural → violence →
timeSetting	early 19th century → late 18th century →
titleMeaning	name of the Earnshaw family house →

Referenced by (6)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Emily Brontë → Gothic literature →	notableWork
Female Gothic →	associatedWithWork
Wuthering Heights (1939 film) ("Wuthering Heights (novel)") →	basedOn
Emily Brontë →	hasOnlyNovel
Wuthering Heights →	originalTitle