Emily Bronte

Wuthering Heights Emily Bronte

Publisher Marketing: In 1801, Mr Lockwood, a wealthy man from the south of England, rents Thrushcross Grange in the north for peace and recuperation. He visits his landlord, Mr Heathcliff, who lives in a remote moorland farmhouse, "Wuthering Heights," where he finds an odd assemblage: Heathcliff seems to be a gentleman, but his manners are uncouth; the reserved mistress of the house is in her mid-teens; and a young man seems to be a family member yet dresses and speaks like a servant. Snowed in, Lockwood is grudgingly allowed to stay and is shown to a bedchamber where he notices books and graffiti left by a former inhabitant named Catherine. He falls asleep and has a nightmare in which he sees the ghostly Catherine trying to enter through the window. He cries out in fear, rousing Heathcliff who rushes to the room. Lockwood was convinced that what he saw was real. Heathcliff, believing Lockwood to be right, examines the window and opens it hoping to allow Catherine's spirit to enter. When nothing happens, Heathcliff shows Lockwood to his own bedroom and returns to keep watch at the window. At sunrise, Heathcliff escorts Lockwood back to Thrushcross Grange. Lockwood asks the housekeeper, Nelly Dean, about the family at Wuthering Heights, and she tells him the tale ... Review Citations: School Library Journal 11/01/2008 pg. 75 (EAN 9781400136889, Compact Disc) Library Journal 08/15/2005 (EAN 9780143058113, Compact Disc) Booklist 04/15/1993 pg. 1530 (EAN 9781561001170, Analog Audio Cassette) Library Journal 03/15/2007 pg. 105 (EAN 9780141439556, Paperback) Newsweek 03/23/2009 pg. 14 (EAN 9780140366945, Paperback) School Library Journal 08/24/2000 (EAN 9780001046405, Analog Audio Cassette) Wilson Fiction Catalog 01/01/2006 pg. 110 (EAN 9780679405436, Hardcover) Wilson Senior High Core Col 01/01/2007 pg. 728 (EAN 9780679405436, Hardcover) Wilson Fiction Catalog 01/01/2010 pg. 67 (EAN 9780679405436, Hardcover) Wilson Senior High Core Col 01/01/2011 pg. 889 (EAN 9780679405436, Hardcover) Wilson Fiction Catalog 01/01/2014 pg. 91 (EAN 9780679405436, Hardcover) Entertainment Weekly 07/05/2013 pg. 97 (EAN 9780486292564, Paperback) Entertainment Weekly 02/22/2013 pg. 81 (EAN 9780142423295, Paperback) Audio File 08/01/2011 pg. 36 (EAN 9781441704214, Compact Disc) School Library Journal 07/01/2010 pg. 82 (EAN 9781607546702, Library Binding) Entertainment Weekly 09/18/2009 pg. 130 (EAN 9780141326696, Paperback) People Weekly 01/18/2010 pg. 59 (EAN 9780061962257, Paperback) Entertainment Weekly 12/11/2009 pg. 119 (EAN 9780141040356, Hardcover) Contributor Bio:  Bronte, Emily Emily Bront? was an English novelist and poet, who, along with her sisters Charlotte and Anne, produced some of the most enduring works of the 19th century. Best known for her only novel, Wuthering Heights, Bront? published her works using the pen name Ellis Bell, a practice common for female writers at the time. Called the Sphynx of Literature, Bront? had no desire for fame and wrote only for her own satisfaction. She died of consumption in 1848 at the age of 30. Collectively, the Bront? sisters' novels are considered literary standards that continue to influence modern writers.