Read this when
Wuthering Heights
'I am Heathcliff.' Romantic? Or the start of two generations of damage? 🌫️
Who it's for
The novel lets readers feel the pull of Catherine and Heathcliff's bond from inside, then shows its cost across two generations, which makes it a mirror for all-or-nothing attachment rather than a romance to emulate.
Feelings it meets
What it is
Emily Bronte's only novel, published in 1847 under the pen name Ellis Bell, is narrated by the visitor Lockwood and the housekeeper Nelly Dean and follows two families on the Yorkshire moors. Heathcliff, a foundling taken in by the Earnshaws, forms a passionate bond with Catherine Earnshaw that is disrupted when she marries the genteel Edgar Linton.
Where to find it
Public domain in the US; free on Project Gutenberg and Standard Ebooks. In print, from libraries, and as an audiobook.
Before you start
Heads up: Child abuse and domestic violence.
Age: Ages 14+
Do not seat your love upon a precipice because it is high.Rabindranath Tagore, Stray Birds, no. 15
