Re-read the classic love story that has haunted and inspired nearly all who've come across it – Wuthering Heights.
The Classic - Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë
Wuthering Heights brought us two of the most memorable literary characters of all time. While the novel is a classic love story, this relationship is turbulent at best.
Wuthering Heights
by Brontë, Emily
Read an excerpt from Wuthering Heights.
In this edition of Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte, re-read the classic love story that has haunted and inspired nearly all who've come across it. From the burning love between Catherine and Heathcliff, to the estranged family dynamics at Wuthering Heights, Bronte's novel explores the dangers of a love that remains forever unrequited.
Lockwood, a striking young man from the south of England, is only looking for some respite when he decides to rent a mysterious property in Yorkshire. The landlord, a crotchety old man named Heathcliff, tends to Lockwood as he becomes acquainted with the expansive and haunting property. When inclement weather strikes, Lockwood is forced to stay in the manner at Wuthering Heights, the home of Heathcliff himself. When Lockwood suddenly falls ill, Nelly, the housekeeper tends to him, and spills all the dirty secrets that have been concealed there over the years. Learning about the turbulent relationship between Heathcliff and his deceased lover Catherine Earnshaw, Lockwood struggles to piece together what truly happened on the property at Wuthering Heights.
The stories concealed within Wuthering Heights have been hailed as completely original in the legacy of Victorian era literature. Emily Bronte created new narrative structures, such as the frame narrative, which had not been seen before. This avant-garde writing style has been celebrated for decades. Wuthering Heights is a love story that will both terrify and enthrall the most daring of readers. Professionally type-set, and including a new section about the author herself, Wuthering Heights is just as riveting today as it was when it was originally published in 1847.
Our Modern Companion - Sharp Objects by Gillian Flynn
Our modern companion, Sharp Objects, also showcases characters living with an intense fear of abandonment. While the book styles contrast, the underlying cause of violence is the same. Be sure to add Sharp Objects to your TBR list!
Sharp Objects
by Flynn, Gillian
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Fresh from a brief stay at a psych hospital, reporter Camille Preaker faces a troubling assignment: she must return to her tiny hometown to cover the murders of two preteen girls. For years, Camille has hardly spoken to her neurotic, hypochondriac mother or to the half-sister she barely knows: a beautiful thirteen-year-old with an eerie grip on the town. Now, installed in her old bedroom in her family's Victorian mansion, Camille finds herself identifying with the young victims--a bit too strongly. Dogged by her own demons, she must unravel the psychological puzzle of her own past if she wants to get the story--and survive this homecoming.
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