Bøker av Emily Bronte

Lucy flees from England and finds work as a school teacher in the town of Villette, but her struggle to remain independent is overshadowed by despair and desire. This novel disguises the author's own life when she ventured away from the infamous Yorkshire parsonage to study, but fell passionately - and dangerously - in love.

Emily Bronte's classic is set on the bleak Yorkshire moors, where the drama of Catherine and Heathcliff, Heathcliff's cruel revenge against Edgar and Isabella Linton, and the promise of redemption through the next generation, is enacted.

The Classics Exposed...The romantic story of the destruction caused by the frustrated love of Catherine Earnshaw and Heathcliff, set against the moors of England, creates a rare blend of violence, beauty and erotic love.Heathcliff, an orphan, is raised by Mr Earnshaw as one of his own children. Hindley despises him but wild Cathy becomes his constant companion, and he falls deeply in love with her, discovering that he can tame her unruly nature. Their tumultuous but passionate romance is threatened by the Lintons, who are determined to civilise Cathy. She endeavours to be a lady when they are present, but is as wild as ever when they are not-and remains forever untameable by anyone other than her lover, Heathcliff.When she will not marry him, Heathcliff''s terrible vengeance ruins them all-but still his and Cathy''s love will not die...A story of doomed love and revenge with a brilliant new introduction of passion fulfilled.

The Brontës sisters, Charlotte (1816-55), Emily (1818-48), and Anne (1820-49), achieved literary renown for their novels which were passionate and original. Contained in this volume are the famous (or complete) novels - Wuthering Heights, Agnes Grey, The Tenant of Wildfell Hall, Jane Eyre.

The narrative tells the tale of the all-encompassing and passionate, yet thwarted, love between Heathcliff and Catherine Earnshaw, and how this unresolved passion eventually destroys them and many around them.

Catherine and Heathcliff's, a foundling adopted by Catherine's father, passionate but doomed love forms the core of this extraordinary tale. Catherine's brother Hindley's hatred and humiliation of Heathcliff leads to tragedy when Catherine marries another and Heathcliff returns newly wealthy to enact his revenge on all who wronged him.

Wuthering Heights tells the story of Catherine and Heathcliff. As children they are inseparable and grow up running wild on the moors. But when Catherine meets Edgar she must make a choice that will affect everyone. TreeTops Classics are adapted and abridged versions of classic stories to enrich and extend children's reading experiences.

Takes us from a balloon ride over Victorian London to a garden of blossom in Japan, from Tierra del Fuego to 16th century California and the Russian steppe. This book features stories lyrical and savage; poems epic and intimate; essays satirical and inspirational; and ideas that have shaped the lives of millions.

Lucy Gough brings Emily Bronte's gothic tale of tortured love to the stage in all its turbulent, passionate glory. Wuthering Heights embodies the eternal pull between good and evil, dark and light, and heaven and hell.

This new edition includes pictures and an extensive section on Emily Bronte's life and works.

These two classics of English literature - one an impassioned tale of doomed love, the other a quietly intense portrait of the governess in Victorian society - were published together with poetry and commentary in this revised 1851 edition prepared by the authors' sister and fellow novelist, Charlotte Bronte.

I saw everything. They told me everything. I played a part in everything.

Cathy is a beautiful and wilful young woman torn between her soft-hearted husband and Heathcliff, the passionate and resentful man who has loved her since childhood. The power of their bond creates a maelstrom of cruelty and violence which will leave one of them dead and cast a shadow over the lives of their children.

'Is Mr. Heathcliff a man? If so, is he mad? And if not, is he a devil?'Set on the bleak moors of Yorkshire, Lockwood is forced to seek shelter at Wuthering Heights, the home of his new landlord, Heathcliff. The intense and wildly passionate Heathcliff tells the story of his life, his all-consuming love for Catherine Earnshaw and the doomed outcome of that relationship, leading to his revenge.Poetic, complex and grand in its scope, Emily Bronte's masterpiece is considered one of the most unique gothic novels of its time.

Word count 23,180 Bestseller

Critics often comment on the importance of landscape in Wuthering Heights, and in this edition, Christopher Heywood locates the text more precisely than previous editions amid Yorkshire's limestone north and moorland south, drawing out the importance of the region's slaveholding society.

Emily Bronte's achievement as a poet has been in part eclipsed by that of her masterpiece, "Wuthering Heights", yet the poems reveal a powerful and highly individual imagination and poetic voice. This edition preserves Bronte's original (sometimes unorthodox) presentation, and records the stages of her revisions.

This series provides unabridged versions of pre-20th-century novels, complete with an introduction, glossary, extended writing questions and activities. Their sewn binding and hard laminated covers make them hardwearing for class use.