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Wuthering Heights

Emily Brontë 1846

1801.

Wuthering Heights is an 1847 novel by Emily Brontë, initially published under the pseudonym Ellis Bell. It is about two landed gentry families living on the West Yorkshire moors, the Earnshaws and the Lintons, and their turbulent relationships with Earnshaw's adopted son, Heathcliff. The novel was influenced by romanticism and gothic fiction.

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1801, 19th century, 19th century, Jin dai, Jindai, 19e siècle, 1950-, YingguoShowing 16 featured editions. See all 2886 editions?

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