Emily Brontë
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 11.3 - AR Pts: 23
Lexile measure
960L
Language
English
Description
"Wuthering Heights is one of the most famous love stories in the English language. It is also one of the most potent revenge narratives. The intense and unbreakable bond between the fiery Catherine Earnshaw and the foundling Heathcliff has startled and fascinated readers since its first publication in 1847. Of uncertain parentage and ethnicity, Heathcliff comes to Wuthering Heights as a child when Catherine's father finds him wandering alone through...
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
After harsh early years, Pip, an orphan growing up in Victorian England, is given the means to become a gentleman by an unknown benefactor and learns that outward appearances can be deceiving; a passionate young woman takes a job as governess at Thornfield, an old house with a moody master and a dark secret; Cathy and Heathcliff grow up together and fall in love, but when Cathy becomes promised to another man, Heathcliff seeks revenge; enamored with...