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Wuthering Heights facts for kids
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Title page of the first edition
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| Author | Emily Brontë |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
| Genre(s) | Novel |
| Publisher | Thomas Cautley Newby |
| Release date | 1847 |
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Wuthering Heights is a novel by Emily Brontë. It was first published in 1847 under the pseudonym (false name) "Ellis Bell". After her death, a second edition was edited by her sister Charlotte. The story is about the love of Heathcliff and Catherine Earnshaw, foster siblings in Yorkshire. It is a classic of English literature, and has been made into movies many times.
Images for kids
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The climb to Top Withens, thought to have inspired the Earnshaws' home in Wuthering Heights
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Brontë Society plaque at Top Withens
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Family tree
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High Sunderland Hall in 1818, shortly before Emily Brontë saw the building.
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Laurence Olivier and Merle Oberon in the 1939 film Wuthering Heights