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Wuthering Heights
Brontë, Emily

Language: English | Category: Novel (Romance) | Audio Book: external webside

Wuthering Heights is a novel by Emily Brontë, written between October 1845 and June 1846, and published in 1847 under the pseudonym Ellis Bell. It was her first and only published novel: she died the following year, aged 30. The decision to publish came after the success of her sister Charlotte’s novel, Jane Eyre. After Emily’s death, Charlotte edited the manuscript of Wuthering Heights, and arranged for the edited version to be published as a posthumous second edition in 1850.

Wuthering Heights is the name of the farmhouse where the story unfolds. The book’s core theme is the destructive effect of jealousy and vengefulness both on the jealous or vengeful individuals and on their communities.

Although Wuthering Heights is now widely regarded as a classic of English literature, it received mixed reviews when first published, and was considered controversial because its depiction of mental and physical cruelty was unusually stark, and it challenged strict Victorian ideals of the day, including religious hypocrisy, morality, social classes and gender inequality. The English poet and painter Dante Gabriel Rossetti referred to it as “A fiend of a book – an incredible monster … The action is laid in hell, – only it seems places and people have English names there.”

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Brontë, Emily - Cumbres borrascosas - Language: Spanish, Novel - Format: ePub
Cumbres Borrascosas, es considerada una de las obras maestras de la literatura inglesa. Narra la historia de amor entre Heatchliff y Catherine. Heatchcliff es un niño huérfano que el señor Earnshaw, padre de Catherine, lleva a (More) “Cumbres Borrascosas” para criarlo como si fuera hijo suyo. Entre Catherine y Heathcliff nace una gran amistad, sin embargo el hermano de Catherine, Hindley, no pierde ocasión de humillar al niño. Con el tiempo esta amistad entre ambos niños,va transformándose en un amor tan intenso como turbulento... La poderosa y hosca figura de Heathcliff domina Cumbres Borrascosas, novela apasionada y tempestuosa cuya sensibilidad se adelantó a su tiempo. Los brumosos y sombríos páramos de Yorkshire son el singular escenario donde se desarrolla con fuerza arrebatadora esta historia de venganza y odio, de pasiones desatadas y amores desesperados que van más allá de la muerte y que hacen de ella una de las obras má singulares y atractivas de todos los tiempos.
Brontë, Emily - Wuthering Heights - Language: English, Novel - Format: ePub, iSilo
Wuthering Heights is a novel by Emily Brontë, written between October 1845 and June 1846, and published in 1847 under the pseudonym Ellis Bell. It was her first and only published novel: she died the following year, aged 30. The (More) decision to publish came after the success of her sister Charlotte's novel, Jane Eyre. After Emily's death, Charlotte edited the manuscript of Wuthering Heights, and arranged for the edited version to be published as a posthumous second edition in 1850. Wuthering Heights is the name of the farmhouse where the story unfolds. The book's core theme is the destructive effect of jealousy and vengefulness both on the jealous or vengeful individuals and on their communities.
Brontë, Emily - Cime tempestose - Language: Italian, Novel - Format: ePub
L’aspro realismo della vita quotidiana si fonde, nel capolavoro di Emily Brontë, con suggestioni simboliche inquietanti e spunti di eccezionale intensità emotiva. Lo sfondo del romanzo è la solitaria brughiera dello Yorkshire; in (More) primo piano due famiglie, che esprimono gli opposti mondi della passione distruttiva e del timido conformismo. La storia, appassionata e crudele, porta alla luce alcuni dei misteri e delle contraddizioni nascosti nelle profondità del cuore umano e svela, a una lettura d’impostazione psicoanalitica, intuizioni di sorprendente valore. Non meno straordinario è il modo in cui l’autrice fa rivivere temi e atmosfere del romanzo “gotico” e sovrannaturale
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