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What is Wuthering Heights about?

Emily Brontë published Wuthering Heights in 1847 under the pen name Ellis Bell. It is set on the Yorkshire moors, in two isolated houses, Wuthering Heights and Thrushcross Grange.

The story is told by Nelly Dean, a housekeeper, to a visiting tenant. It begins with Mr Earnshaw bringing home an orphan boy, Heathcliff, and follows his stormy bond with Catherine Earnshaw and the revenge he takes on two families over a generation. Readers first found it harsh and puzzling, and Emily died the year after it appeared.

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Is Wuthering Heights free to download?

Yes. Wuthering Heights was first published in 1847, so it is in the US public domain. Emily Brontë died in 1848, so it is also free in the EU, where copyright ends 70 years after death. This edition comes from Standard Ebooks, which releases its texts under CC0.

What is Wuthering Heights about?

It follows Heathcliff and Catherine Earnshaw on the Yorkshire moors, and the lasting damage their love and his revenge cause.

Who wrote Wuthering Heights?

Emily Brontë, who first published it under the name Ellis Bell.