Setting
The Setting of Wuthering Heights is a vital but contradictory force in the novel, as important as any of the Characters. “Wuthering” is a Yorkshire […]
Wuthering Heights
About the Author
Emily Jane Bronte, born July 30, 1818, in Thornton, Yorkshire, England, moved with her family to the village of Haworth in Yorkshire when she was […]
Overview
Despite the book’s sometimes implausible plot and often melodramatic Characters, virtually all modern critics consider Wuthering Heights a masterpiece of world literature. Indeed, the novel […]
Themes and Characters
The most basic theme of Wuthering Heights is that one must be true to oneself or suffer dire consequences. In marrying Edgar Linton, Catherine (Cathy) […]
Literary Qualities
Wuthering Heights has confounded those critics who attempt to place it in any one literary genre. For its depiction of the intensely individualistic personalities of […]
Social Sensitivity
The basic plot of Wuthering Heights may seem to be a timeless love story, but the Characters and situations reflect many of the real social […]
Ideas and Topics for Papers
TOPICS FOR DISCUSSION 1. Based on his reactions to his treatment by the inhabitants of Wuthering Heights, what kind of society is Lockwood used to? […]
Adaptations
Wuthering Heights was adapted to the screen in a 1939 production directed by William Wyler and starring Merle Oberon, Laurence Olivier, and David Niven. The […]