Wuthering Heights

The Complete Novel with an Afterword on Love, Violence, and Dissolution

The original unabridged text of Emily Brontë's only novel — with a critical afterword by philosopher and writer Henry Bugalho

Read the classic that inspired the highly anticipated 2026 film starring Margot Robbie and Jacob Elordi, directed by Emerald Fennell (Saltburn, Promising Young Woman) — in theaters Valentine's Day 2026

"Whatever our souls are made of, his and mine are the same."

On the wild Yorkshire moors, where the wind howls and the heath stretches to the horizon, a foundling named Heathcliff is brought into the Earnshaw household. What follows is one of the most intense, haunting, and unforgettable stories in English literature — a tale of obsessive love, brutal revenge, and the dissolution of every boundary that separates the civilized from the savage, the living from the dead.

Catherine Earnshaw and Heathcliff share a bond that transcends ordinary affection. But when Catherine chooses to marry the gentle Edgar Linton, she sets in motion a tragedy that will consume two generations and two families. Heathcliff's return — wealthy, ruthless, and bent on destruction — unleashes a storm of passion and cruelty that spares no one.

Wuthering Heights is not merely a gothic romance. It is a novel that dares to ask: What happens when love is stronger than law? When desire refuses the limits society imposes? When death itself cannot sever what life has joined?

Published in 1847 under the pseudonym Ellis Bell, Emily Brontë's masterpiece shocked Victorian readers with its raw intensity and moral ambiguity. Nearly two centuries later, it remains one of the most powerful works of gothic fiction ever written — a book that does not ask to be understood, but to be inhabited.

THIS EDITION INCLUDES:

✦ The complete, unabridged original text of Emily Brontë's 1847 novel

✦ An exclusive critical afterword by Henry Bugalho — philosopher, writer, and Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts — offering a fresh interpretation of the novel's hidden patterns and what the text reveals without knowing it reveals

✦ A biographical note on Emily Brontë's brief, mysterious life

For readers who love: Classic gothic romance • Victorian fiction • Dark and forbidden love stories • The Brontë sisters • Heathcliff and Catherine • English literature • Haunted moors and brooding heroes • 19th-century novels • Literary classics with critical analysis • Books that inspired major films

"I cannot live without my life! I cannot live without my soul!"

Discover why Wuthering Heights has haunted readers for generations — and prepare to experience the story anew when Emerald Fennell's bold new vision arrives on screen.