She wrote just one strikingly innovative novel, Wuthering Heights, but was also a gifted and intense poet. 1 day ago &0183 &32 LIndice dei Libri del Mese, una delle più longeve riviste italiane di informazione culturale, proporrà ai propri lettori unattività social dedicata a 'Cime Tempestose'. This complements Pauline Nestor’s introduction, which discusses changing critical receptions of the novel, as well as Emily Brontë’s influences and background.Įmily Brontë (1818-48), along with her sisters, Charlotte and Anne, was one of the most significant literary figures of the 19th century. In this edition, a new preface by Lucasta Miller, author of The Brontë Myth, looks at the ways in which the novel has been interpreted, from Charlotte Brontë onwards. As Heathcliff’s bitterness and vengeance at his betrayal is visited upon the next generation, their innocent heirs must struggle to escape the legacy of the past.Įmily Brontë’s only novel, a work of tremendous and far-reaching influence, the Penguin Classics edition of Wuthering Heights is the definitive edition of the text, edited with an introduction by Pauline Nestor.

There he discovers the history of the tempestuous events that took place years before of the intense relationship between the gypsy foundling Heathcliff and Catherine Earnshaw and how Catherine, forced to choose between passionate, tortured Heathcliff and gentle, well-bred Edgar Linton, surrendered to the expectations of her class. Dopo una corsa sotto la pioggia Emily si ammala ed è prossima alla morte.

Lockwood, the new tenant of Thrushcross Grange, situated on the bleak Yorkshire moors, is forced to seek shelter one night at Wuthering Heights, the home of his landlord. Dopo la morte dei due uomini più importanti della sua vita, Emily comincia a scrivere Cime tempestose, che viene pubblicato nonostante la disapprovazione di Charlotte.

Cime tempestose by Emily Brontë