Mondea Christiana , Nov ă cean Raluca- XII B

1. Mondea Christiana , Novăcean Raluca- XII B

2. Emily Bronte (1818-1848) Emily Brontë was born in Thornton, Yorkshire, in the north of England. She was, perhaps, the greatest writer of the three Brontë sisters – Charlotte, Emily and Anne. She believed in the presence of supernatural powers (such as ghosts or spirits) and began to express her feelings in poems such as "To Imagination," "The Prisoner,""The Visionary," "The Old Stoic," and "No Coward Soul." Her first (and only) novel, Wuthering Heights (1847), a story-within-a-story, did not gain immediate success, but it has acclaimed later fame as one of the most intense novels written in the English language.

3. Book facts Genre  · Gothic novel (designed to both horrify and fascinate readers with scenes of passion and cruelty; supernatural elements; and a dark, foreboding atmosphere) Date of first publication  ·  the nineteenth century (1847) Setting (place)  · All the action of Wuthering Heights takes place in England, around two neighboring houses on the Yorkshire moors—Wuthering Heights and Thrushcross Grange.

4. Characters Mr. Earnshaw- Catherine and Hindley’s father. Mr. Earnshaw adopts Heathcliff and brings him to live at Wuthering Heights. HindleyEarnshaw - Catherine’s brother, and Mr. Earnshaw’s son. Hindley resents it when Heathcliff is brought to live at Wuthering Heights. Catherine Earnshaw- the daughter of Mr. Earnshaw and his wife, Catherine falls powerfully in love with Heathcliff but marries Linton Heathcliff - an orphan brought to live at Wuthering Heights by Mr. Earnshaw, Heathcliff falls into an intense, unbreakable love with Catherine Edgar Linton – the man to which Catherine marries Isabella Linton - Edgar Linton’s sister, who falls in love with Heathcliff and marries him Nelly Dean - the chief narrator of Wuthering Heights. Lockwood- he serves as an intermediary between Nelly and the reader. Young Catherine – Catherine and Linton’s daughter Linton Heathcliff– Isabella and Heathcliff’s son

6. Plot • Mr. Earnshaw goes to Liverpool and returns home with an orphan boy, Heathcliff, whom he will raise with his own children. • Heathcliff and Catherine soon grow inseparable, spending their days playing on the moors. • After the death of Mr. Earnshaw, Heathcliff finds himself treated as a common laborer, forced to work in the fields. • Catherine’s desire for social advancement prompts her to become engaged to Edgar Linton, despite her overpowering love for Heathcliff. • When Heathcliff returns, after an absence of 3 years, wealthy, he immediately sets about seeking revenge on all who have wronged him. • In order to inherit Thrushcross Grange, he marries Isabella Linton. • Catherine becomes ill, gives birth to a daughter, and dies.

7. Isabella flees to London and gives birth to Heathcliff’s son, named Linton, after her family. She keeps the boy with her there. • After 13 years, Isabella dies and Linton comes to live with Heathcliff. • Young Catherine and Linton begin a secret romance conducted entirely through letters. • Heathcliff hopes that if Catherine marries Linton, his legal claim upon Thrushcross Grange will be complete. • After marrying young Catherine, Linton dies. • Catherine grows to love Hareton, her cousin, Hindley’s son, as they live together at Wuthering Heights. • Heathcliff dies. Hareton and young Catherine inherit Wuthering Heights and Thrushcross Grange.

8. Symbolism The Moors Ghosts Windows and doors Dogs

9. Themes The Destructiveness of a Love That Never Changes. Catherine and Heathcliff’s passion for one another seems to be the center of Wuthering Heights, given that it is stronger and more lasting than any other emotion displayed in the novel, and that it is the source of most of the major conflicts that structure the novel’s plot. The Precariousness of Social Class. As members of the gentry, the Earnshaws and the Lintons occupy a somewhat precarious place within the hierarchy of late eighteenth- and early nineteenth-century British society.

10. Interesting facts • The language in which is written is English but includes Yorkshire dialect as well • Heathcliff is the only character whose name serves as both given name and surname • When the book was first published, Emily Bronte decided to publish it under a different name, Ellis Bell • Chapters from Wuthering Heights are often read in movies, for example in “Cold Mountain”, or appear in other books too, for example, in “Twilight”, Wuthering Heights being Bella’s favourite book. • Wuthering Heights has been adapted into 4 movies ( 1920, 1939, 1992, 1970 ) and into 3 miniseries ( 1978, 1998, 2009 )