Wuthering Heights

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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.

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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
surface form: 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 Cathy Earnshaw
surface form: Catherine Earnshaw

Cathy Earnshaw
surface form: Cathy Linton

Edgar Linton
Hareton Earnshaw
Heathcliff
Isabella Linton
narrativeStructure frame narrative
narrator Lockwood
Nelly Dean
originalLanguage English
originalTitle Wuthering Heights self-link
placeInSeries only novel by Emily Brontë
publicationYear 1847
publishedUnderPseudonym Ellis Bell
publisherLocation London, England
surface form: London
settingCountry England
settingLocation North York Moors
surface form: 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

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Brontë Country inspiredWork Wuthering Heights
The Semaphore Version of Wuthering Heights parodies Wuthering Heights
this entity surface form: Wuthering Heights (novel)