Wuthering Heights
Emily Brontë1847
Emily Brontë wrote the most ferociously passionate novel in English — a story of love so intense and destructive it terrified Victorian readers.
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“Whatever our souls are made of, his and mine are the same.”
Why It Matters
Emily Brontë wrote the most ferociously passionate novel in English — a story of love so intense and destructive it terrified Victorian readers. Heathcliff is not a romantic hero; he is a force of nature, and the novel refuses to apologize for the chaos he causes. Nothing else in English fiction sounds like this book.
Notable Quotes
“I am Heathcliff! He's always, always in my mind.”
“Be with me always — take any form — drive me mad! Only do not leave me in this abyss, where I cannot find you!”