Wuthering Heights (Worldview Edition)
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""Envision a region of damp, rocky, rolling hills attacked by winds, obscured by fogs, and covered by large patches of grass and heather: 'a perfect misanthrope's Heaven.'... The soil supports very little life due to its high acid content, killing off most vegetation and rendering it largely barren; what trees may grow are often twisted and set at awkward angles by the violent winds. The setting perfectly supports the many dark, mysterious, deadly, and haunting aspects of this gothic novel." -From Marcus Schwager's Introduction. When you take in a young orphan off the desolate English moors, w...
""Envision a region of damp, rocky, rolling hills attacked by winds, obscured by fogs, and covered by large patches of grass and heather: 'a perfect misanthrope's Heaven.'... The soil supports very little life due to its high acid content, killing off most vegetation and rendering it largely barren; what trees may grow are often twisted and set at awkward angles by the violent winds. The setting perfectly supports the many dark, mysterious, deadly, and haunting aspects of this gothic novel." -From Marcus Schwager's Introduction. When you take in a young orphan off the desolate English moors, who knows where it may lead you, for good and ill. Heathcliff starts as a young, unkempt boy, but falls in love with the daughter of the owner of the estate Wuthering Heights. Although he is charming and friendly, his low status makes him an impossible heir, and soon he faces competition from a more refined family. This Canon Classic is a poignant tale of loss, revenge, and loneliness, and is the only novel written by Emily Bronte"--
