Wuthering Heights

6b Emily Brontë. Illustrated by Percy Tarrant. London: George G. Harrap, 1924.

Notes

Wuthering Heights, first published in 1847, is the only novel by Emily Brontë and one of the most powerful works of Victorian literature. Set on the windswept Yorkshire moors, the novel tells the turbulent story of Heathcliff and Catherine Earnshaw, whose intense and destructive bond shapes not only their own lives but those of the next generation. Through shifting narrators and a dark, atmospheric setting, the novel explores themes of passion, revenge, social class, and the lasting effects of obsession. Its raw emotional intensity and unconventional structure set it apart from many of its contemporaries and have helped secure its place as a landmark of Gothic and Romantic fiction.

Emily Brontë (1818–1848), the middle of the three literary Brontë sisters, lived much of her life in the remote village of Haworth in Yorkshire. The dramatic landscape of the surrounding moors strongly influenced the novel’s setting and mood. Originally published under the pseudonym Ellis Bell, Wuthering Heights received mixed reviews at first due to its stark portrayal of human emotion and moral ambiguity. Over time, however, the novel came to be recognized as a masterpiece of English literature, admired for its powerful imagination, psychological depth, and enduring exploration of twisted love and revenge.

Description 

Red cloth decorated with gilt and blue art nouveau ornamentation style to spine. Gilt lettering to spine. Original dust wrapper rare to survive. Sixteen colored plates throughout. Near fine copy with rare dust wrapper, spine repaired and reinforced with tape to the rear hinge. Uncommon.