The novel follows the tragic antihero Heathcliff, who is brought to the moors of Yorkshire as an orphan and othered for his dark features and low social status.
Part Gothic horror, part psychological thriller, part romantic tragedy, Wuthering Heights is the only novel written by English author Emily Brontë, and yet it is widely considered to be one of those classic books everyone should read—both for its beautiful prose and its commentary on gender and social class. The novel follows the tragic antihero Heathcliff, who is brought to the moors of Yorkshire as an orphan and othered for his dark features and low social status. The forbidden love between Heathcliff and the wild and passionate Catherine spawns a multigenerational tale of obsession, death and revenge, as well as the famous quote, “Whatever our souls are made of, his and mine are the same.”