Emily Brontë

Cumbres borrascosas es una de las novelas más destacadas y potentes del siglo XIX. Narra la apasionada y tempestuosa historia de Catherine y Heathcliff, dos seres atormentados que se debaten entre la pasión, el odio, la obsesión y la venganza; un amor desesperado que traspasa las fronteras de la muerte y que hace de esta obra una de las más atractivas de todos los tiempos. Ambientada en los páramos de Yorkshire, el paisaje se erige como un personaje...

Extrait : "1801. — Je viens de rentrer après une visite à mon propriétaire, l'unique voisin don’t j'aie à m'inquiéter. En vérité, ce pays-ci est merveilleux ! Je ne crois pas que j'eusse pu trouver, dans toute l'Angleterre, un endroit plus complètement à l'écart de l'agitation mondaine."

De retour de voyage, Mr Earnshaw ramène avec lui un enfant abandonné, Heathcliff. Ses enfants réagissent mal, et leurs réactions rapellent des orages qui frappent le domaine des Hauts du Hurlevent. Le fils Hindley ne veut pas de cet enfant et le tourmente. La fille, Catherine par contre, se lie immédiatement à lui, et lui voue un amour insaisissable et fusionnel. Les trois grandissent ensemble, malgré cet amas de sentiments aussi forts qu'opposés....

Wuthering Heights is a tale of passion, revenge, and the destructive power of love. The novel is narrated by Mr. Lockwood, a gentleman from London who rents a house called Thrushcross Grange in the Yorkshire moors. He becomes intrigued by the mysterious goings-on at Wuthering Heights, the nearby estate owned by the reserved and surly Heathcliff. The main narrative unfolds through the eyes of Nelly Dean, a servant who has witnessed the events at Wuthering...

Charlotte, Emily and Anne Brontë were successful poets and novelists in their own right; however, their careers began with several collaborative works of stories and poetry. They first wrote under male pseudonyms as they feared retribution by the male-dominated literary world if they published works under their own names. They attracted attention immediately, and soon after found success with works like Charlotte's "Jane Eyre" and Emily's "Wuthering...

These heart-soaring tales of romance and tragedy are widely considered four of the finest novels in English literature.  Wuthering Heights is an immortal story of love and obsession on the stormy Yorkshire moors. The fate of the Earnshaw family is forever changed when they adopt a dark-skinned orphan boy named Heathcliff. As the years pass, Heathcliff and young Catherine Earnshaw fall deeply in love, but their passion cannot survive the pressures...

This collection brings together five novels by Anne, Charlotte, and Emily Brontë in one volume. Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë: When a visitor arrives at a gloomy and isolated house in northern England, he discovers a story of passion, vengeance, and tragedy, in this gothic novel that shocked the readers of its day. Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë: Revolutionary for its time, this Victorian novel is narrated by its titular character, telling...

Considerado um dos maiores clássicos da literatura inglesa, O Morro dos Ventos Uivantes é uma obra sobre paixão, vingança e redenção. Publicada em 1847, a narrativa da aclamada escritora Emily Brontë gira em torno da relação conturbada entre Catherine e Heathcliff, dois personagens que se amam profundamente, mas são separados pelas convenções sociais e pela influência de terceiros. Contada a partir de diferentes perspectivas, a trama

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"Wuthering Heights, the only novel by Emily Bronte, traces the passionate relationship of Catherine and Heathcliff. Their affair ripples across the moors as it determines the fate of two generations of lovers. The "Background and Contexts" section includes selections of Bronte's diary entries, devoirs, and poetry. Readers will also find a selection of letters from Charlotte Bronte, as well as reviews of the 1847 and 1850 editions of Wuthering Heights....

William Crimsworth escapes a dreary clerkship in industrial Yorkshire by taking a job as a teacher in Belgium. There, however, his entanglement with the sensuous but manipulative Zoraide Reuter, complicates his affections for a penniless girl who is both teacher and pupil in Reuter's school.