Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë
This classic novel is a tale of love, revenge and social class set in the Yorkshire moors. It revolves around the intense, complex relationship between Catherine Earnshaw and Heathcliff, an orphan adopted by Catherine's father. Despite their deep affection for each other, Catherine marries Edgar Linton, a wealthy neighbor, leading Heathcliff to seek revenge on the two families. The story unfolds over two generations, reflecting the consequences of their choices and the destructive power of obsessive love.
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- Published
- 1847
- Nationality
- British
- Length
- Medium
- Pages
- 300-400
- Original Language
- English
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- Alternate Titles
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- Cime Tempestose
- Cime tempestose
- Cumbres Borrascosas
- Cumbres borrascosas
- Heathcliff
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This book is on the following 95 lists:
- 3rd on 50 Best-Loved Novels Written by a Woman (United Kingdom) (Guardian)
- 4th on 100 Best Books to Read by Women Authors (Good Housekeeping)
- 5th on Top 25 Pre-20th Century Classics (The Guardian)
- 6th on Top 50 Books (The Daily Telegraph)
- 7th on The 100 Greatest British Novels (BBC)
- 7th on The Complete 500: OCLC (OCLC)
- 8th on The Celebrity Reading List (Gardiner Public Library)
- 11th on The 100 Best Books of World Literature (ABC.es)
- 12th on The Big Read (BBC)
- 12th on 'The perfect library': the 196 books selected by 133 personalities (XLSemanal and Zenda)
- 13th on Fifty French Writers Choose Their Favorite 10 Books (On en garde 10 ! Pour la littérature)
- 13th on My Favourite Book - Australian Big Read (Australian Big Read)
- 14th on The Telegraph’s 100 Novels Everyone Should Read (Telegraph)
- 16th on 30 Books Every Adult Should Read Before They Die (The British Museums, Libraries, and Archives Society)
- 16th on Top 50 Books (The Folio Society)
- 17th on R/ClassicLiterature's Top 100 Favorite Books (R/ClassicLiterature)
- 18th on The 500 best books of all time from Culture Café users (Culture Café)
- 20th on The 100 Best Novels Of All Time In English (The Guardian)
- 22nd on Entertainment Weekly's Top 100 Novels (Entertainment Weekly)
- 23rd on Our Users' Top 100 Favorite Books of All Time (The Greatest Books Users)
- 25th on Top 100 Books, As Chosen By Canadians (The Gazette(Newspaper))
- 28th on TrueLit's Top 100 Favorite Books (2023) (/r/TrueLit)
- 31st on The Top 10: The Greatest Books of All Time (The Top 10 (Book))
- 37th on 50 Classics You Must Read Before You Die (Gyldendal (Denmark Publisher))
- 38th on The 100 Stories that Shaped the World (BBC)
- 39th on Big Read (Hungarian) (Hungaria)
- 39th on The Novel 100: A Ranking of the Greatest Novels of All Time (The Novel 100)
- 40th on Big Read (Bulgarian) (Bulgaria)
- 43rd on The 100 Favorite Novels of Librarians (Bookman.com)
- 46th on The 100 Greatest Novels (greatbooksguide.com)
- 50th on The 101 Favorite Novels of 'Le Monde' Readers (Le Monde)
- 53rd on America’s 100 Favorite Books (WordsRated)
- 53rd on The Books That Built The French (TNS-Sofres/SNCF–Lire)
- 56th on Pour une Bibliothèque Idéale (Raymond Queneau)
- 63rd on 4chan’s Literature Board’s Aggregate Top 100 Books for the Decade 2014 - 2024 (Reddit)
- 71st on 100 Must-Read Classics, as Chosen by our Readers (Penguin (UK))
- 76th on 100 Best Books (Montana State University)
- 83rd on Big Read (German) (Germany)
- 94th on The Greatest Books of All Time (Reader's Digest)
- 564th on Fantasy and Horror: A Critical and Historical Guide (Book)
- 1,000 Books to Read Before You Die: A Life-Changing List (1,000 Books to Read Before You Die(Book))
- 1000 Novels Everyone Must Read (The Guardian)
- 1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die (The Book)
- 100 Best Novels Written in English (The Guardian)
- 100 Books, 100 Companions (Zeit Online)
- 100 Books to Read in a Lifetime (Amazon.com (UK))
- 100 Greatest Books of All Time (Steve Donoghue)
- 100 Life-Changing Books (National Book Award)
- 101 of the World's Greatest Books (1950) (101 of the World's Greatest Books (Book))
- 125 Best Romance Books of All Time (Parade)
- 150 Great Reads (The Spokesman-Review Spokane Chronicle )
- 200 Books That Shaped 200 Years of Literature (The Center for Fiction)
- 222 Best Books of All Time That Deserve a Spot on Your Bookshelf, With Picks from Bestselling Authors and Indie Booksellers (Parade)
- 500 Great Books by Women (Book)
- 500 Must Read Books (The Daily Telegraph)
- 501 Must-Read Books (LibraryThing)
- 50 Books to Read Before You Die (Barnes and Noble)
- 50 Most Influential Books by Women (The Guardian)
- 75 Books by Women Whose Words Have Changed the World (Women's National Book Association)
- 75 Books Every Woman Should Read (Jezebel)
- 87 Books Written by Women That Are So Good, You Won't Be Able to Put Them Down (Pop Sugar)
- A Hundred Novels to Change Your Life (The Daily Mail)
- Andrew Sean Greer's Book Choices from "The Writer's Library" (The Writer's Library: The Authors You Love on the Books That Changed Their Lives (Book))
- Best Books Ever (Book Depository)
- Best Books (Fiction, Prose) : Experts Choose Their Favourites (The Book "Best Books")
- C.K. Shorter List of Best 100 Novels (The Bookman February 1898)
- Finest Works of Fiction (Martin Seymour-Smith and Editors)
- For The Love of Books (For The Love of Books)
- From Zero to Well-Read in 100 Books (Jeff O'Neal at Bookriot.com)
- Great Books (The Learning Channel)
- Harenberg Buch der 1000 Bücher (Harenberg Buch der 1000 Bücher)
- Harold Bloom's The Western Canon (The Western Canon (Book) by Harold Bloom)
- Have You Read 100 Great Books? (The Jasper Lee Company)
- Horror Literature: A Core Collection and Reference Guide (Book edited by Marshall B. Tymn)
- Inteliquest's World's 100 Greatest Books of All-Time (InteliQuest)
- Latitude Festival's Top 20 Books by Women (Latitude Festival goers)
- Masterpieces of World Literature (Frank N. Magill)
- One Hundred Best Books (1916) (John Cowper Powys)
- The 100 Best Books in the World (AbeBooks.de (in German))
- The 100 Greatest Books Ever Written (Easton Press)
- The 100 Greatest Novels of All Time: The List (The Observer)
- The Best Books of All Time, as Chosen by the Good Housekeeping Team (Good Housekeeping)
- The Best Classics (The Times)
- The Books You've Always Meant to Read (Waterstones)
- The College Board: 101 Great Books Recommended for College-Bound Readers (The College Board, an American not-for-profit organization)
- The Graphic Canon (Book)
- The Great American Read (PBS)
- The Great Books Podcast from John J. Miller (The National Review )
- The New Lifetime Reading Plan (The New Lifetime Reading Plan)
- The Ultimate Book Bucket List: The 75 Best Books Of All Time (Refinery29)
- #ThisBook (#ThisBook)
- Top 100 Works in World Literature (Norwegian Book Clubs, with the Norwegian Nobel Institute)
- Världsbiblioteket (The World Library) (Tidningen Boken)
- William H. F. Lamont’s 100 Best Novels (1947) (archive.org)
- W. Somerset Maugham’s Ten Greatest Novels of All Time (Great Novelists and Their Novels)