Wuthering Heights
Condition: SECONDHAND
This is a secondhand book. The jacket image is a photograph of the exact copy we have in stock. This image shows the condition of this book. Further condition remarks are below.
Condition remarks:
Condition: Good to fair. Jacket: No dust jacket. Page Condition: Good - possible tanning. Markings: possible previous owner inscription.
On the wild and windswept Yorkshire moors, a love story unlike any other takes root — one forged in cruelty, obsession, and an almost supernatural devotion that transcends death itself. Wuthering Heights chronicles the tempestuous relationship between the brooding foundling Heathcliff and the spirited Catherine Earnshaw, whose bond, formed in childhood, warps and destroys the lives of two families across two generations. Emily Brontë constructs a narrative of breathtaking psychological intensity, told through layered perspectives that draw the reader ever deeper into a world where passion and vengeance are indistinguishable. First published in 1847, Wuthering Heights stands as one of the most singular achievements in the English literary canon — a Gothic masterwork that defies the domestic sentimentality of its era. Brontë's prose is austere yet ferociously alive, her moors a living, breathing force that mirrors the inner turbulence of her characters. This edition, illustrated by Skip Liepke and with an afterword by Jack Sullivan, presents the novel with a visual and critical richness that rewards both the devoted reader and the first-time encounter — leaving the haunting question of whether Heathcliff is monster, victim, or both utterly, magnificently unresolved.
Author: Emily Brontë
Format: Hardback
Genre: Classic fiction
Condition remarks:
Condition: Good to fair. Jacket: No dust jacket. Page Condition: Good - possible tanning. Markings: possible previous owner inscription.
On the wild and windswept Yorkshire moors, a love story unlike any other takes root — one forged in cruelty, obsession, and an almost supernatural devotion that transcends death itself. Wuthering Heights chronicles the tempestuous relationship between the brooding foundling Heathcliff and the spirited Catherine Earnshaw, whose bond, formed in childhood, warps and destroys the lives of two families across two generations. Emily Brontë constructs a narrative of breathtaking psychological intensity, told through layered perspectives that draw the reader ever deeper into a world where passion and vengeance are indistinguishable. First published in 1847, Wuthering Heights stands as one of the most singular achievements in the English literary canon — a Gothic masterwork that defies the domestic sentimentality of its era. Brontë's prose is austere yet ferociously alive, her moors a living, breathing force that mirrors the inner turbulence of her characters. This edition, illustrated by Skip Liepke and with an afterword by Jack Sullivan, presents the novel with a visual and critical richness that rewards both the devoted reader and the first-time encounter — leaving the haunting question of whether Heathcliff is monster, victim, or both utterly, magnificently unresolved.