Wuthering Heights
Emily Brontë
Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë (Originally pub. Penguin English Library, 1965)
In September 1965, Godwin introduced the ‘Penguin English Library’ series, designed to be a sister series to Penguin Classics. It was edited by David Daiches, the first Professor of English at the University of Sussex. “The format, appearance, and price will be similar,” wrote Daiches, in his note to contributors. “The audience to aim at is the intelligent general reader who has always meant to read the English Classics, but has either never got round to all of these or at least not looked at them since his school days.” The first title was Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë, and the series was a success. When Radice died, the decision was made to amalgamate the Penguin English Library into Penguin Classics. It was the first time that the latter series had included English language titles and so, in 1985, Penguin Classics became the most comprehensive library of world literature available from any paperback publisher.
“It is a fiend of a book – an incredible monster,” wrote Dante Gabriel Rossetti. “The action is laid in hell, – only it seems places and people have English names there.” In Wuthering Heights, the new tenant of Thrushcross Grange becomes lost in a snowstorm on the bleak Yorkshire moors and seeks shelter at a lonely house called Wuthering Heights. During his visit he starts to unravel the tumultuous events that once took place there between the brooding, swarthy Heathcliff and the passionate Catherine Earnshaw. It is the only novel by Emily Brontë, younger sister of Charlotte Brontë, and was published under a pseudonym exactly a year before Emily died of tuberculosis at the age of 30. (Henry Eliot)
Time Out recommends 'The 16 best city breaks in Europe for 2022' and one of them will include Wise Children's
Wuthering Heights for a few days at the end of May/beginning of June 2022.
16. Inverness, Scotland
If you’re keen on exploring the Highlands, Inverness is the ideal base to kick off your trip. Loch Ness, Urquhart Castle and Culloden Battlefield are all nearby, but the capital of the Highlands also has plenty going on itself. The Eden Court theatre will draw some of the UK’s top comics throughout 2022, along with productions of the ‘Jersey Boys’ and Emma Rice’s ‘Wuthering Heights’. The Gathering Place, meanwhile, is a new public artwork created by artists Sans Façon and architects KHBT. Right on the banks of the River Ness, the curved, Clasach-stone pier offers a place for quiet contemplation. (Huw Oliver)
More places to go as
Express features Hathersage and reminds its readers of its Brontë connection.
Hathersage is also associated with Charlotte Brontë, who is said to have taken inspiration from the village.
Thornfield Hall in Jane Eyre is widely accepted to have been based on North Lees Hall.
The Hall is now a residential residence and visitors can even rent it for their holidays.
Hathersage became the village of Morton in Jane Eyre and The George Hotel became The George Inn. (Sarah Kante)
In “Jane Eyre,” the heroine enters a home with a madwoman whose husband has locked her in the attic; Rose is soon troubled by other malevolent forces. (Manohla Dargis)
A literary start to December in the
International Business Times as it shares 10 December quotes including the last lines of Emily Brontë's poem How still, how happy!
Yet my heart loves December’s smile
As much as July’s golden beam;
Then let us sit and watch the while
The blue ice curdling on the stream —
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