Wuthering Heights

Title: Wuthering Heights
Author: Emily Bronte
Publisher: Everyman's Library
ISBN: 0679405437

Recommended for Grades 9 and up
Genre: Fiction-Classic

Reader’s Annotation:
Catherine and Heathcliff have a love that transcends even death. As forces work to keep them apart, they must fight to keep their love alive.

Plot Summary:
When Mr. Lockwood rents a house from the mysterious Heathcliff, he finds himself sucked into the sordid histories of the Earnshaw and Linton families. The two families are now living together in Heathcliff's home, Wuthering Heights, in a tense and violent relationship. When Lockwood is stranded for the evening he see the ghost of Catherine Earnshaw-Linton. This causes Lockwood to question the relationship between the two families.

The maid Nelly Dean provides Mr. Lockwood with the stories of these two families beginning when Catherine Earnshaw meets Heathcliff as he is adopted by the Earnshaw family. As the Earnshaw and Linton lines cross, only heartache and and suffering follows. All of the suffering surrounds the star-crossed love of Catherine and Heathcliff. Even after her death, Heathcliff continues to believe that he will one day be with Catherine, even if it costs his family their happiness.

Evaluation:
Emily Bronte's classic tale of star-crossed lovers and troubled relationships provides teenagers with a taste of classic literature with a complex and interesting plot that rivals any soap opera or reality TV show.

Notes:
A film adaptation of Wuthering Heights was released in 1992 by Paramount Pictures and in 1939 by United Artists.