The story of the tragic love between two wild hearts is one of the most popular and recognizable works in 19th-century European literature. Although the story's ending is bleak and the characters have many flaws, the novel continues to find its readers, immersing them in a whirlpool of events and showing just how multifaceted and all-consuming love can be… on the verge of madness.
"Wuthering Heights" has been adapted for the screen many times, and references to its plot can be found in many works about destructive passion. Love set against the backdrop of gloomy moors leads the characters to insanity and death. Fury, rebellion, and attachment merged into a single whole in their lives. The feelings of the wild foster child for his stepsister bow to neither logic nor morality, and are subject to neither human strength, nor evil fate, nor even death. The emotions that completely consumed their master and shattered more than one life frightened the people of the Victorian era, but simply mesmerized subsequent generations of readers. You can love this novel or you can hate it. One thing is certain—it is extremely difficult to remain indifferent to it.
Author: Emily Brontë
Translation: Nadezhda Volpin
Pages: 400 (offset paper). Hardcover
Dimensions: 210x130x22 mm
Series: Elegant Classics
