A new sequel to Wuthering Heights mixing biographical data from the Brontës with Emily Brontë's imaginery is published today:Wuthering Heights Revisited
G. M. Best
Robert Hale Ltd.
Hardback, 224 pages
Publication date: 30 Dec 2011
ISBN-13: 9780709093640
The tragic love affair between Cathy and Heathcliff in Emily Brontë's famous novel took the world by storm. Imagine, therefore, the shock of Charlotte Brontë's long-time friend, Ellen Nussey, when she discovers that, far from just existing in the pages of a novel, Cathy and Heathcliff lived. Her resulting investigations uncover the Brontes' horrific secret of their relationship with the demonic Heathcliff. Forced to question Charlotte's behaviour she has also to suspect the sudden deaths of not only Emily but also Branwell and Anne. The key to this gripping mystery is Wuthering Heights Revisited the missing sequel to Emily's novel, but can Ellen survive long enough to find it?
Wuthering Heights is a masterpiece. It is a love story, but not one that is typical. Heathcliff does love Cathy, but it is a dark love. Heathcliff is perhaps the most enigmatic character in literature. He is capable of love, which is shown to Cathy Earnshaw, but to everybody else, he is hateful. Even to his own son! Also Wuthering Heights is all about scenary! One cannot read this book without remembering the wild moors!
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