Wuthering Heights
Written by Emily Brontë
Published by Public Domain
Genre: Classic Literature
Audience: Readers of Gothic fiction and classic literature
Tone: Dark and Emotional
In Emily Brontë's "Wuthering Heights," the tumultuous love story between Heathcliff and Catherine Earnshaw unfolds against a backdrop of isolation, obsession, and social class struggles, leading to a legacy of revenge and emotional turmoil that haunts the characters long after their tragic fates.
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""Last night I was on the threshold of hell. To-day, I am within sight of my heaven.""
""I’ll go to hell, body and soul, before I look sideways after you again.""
""You have killed me—and thriven on it, I think.""
""I wish you would say Catherine, or Cathy.""
""I’d not exchange, for a thousand lives, my condition here, for Edgar Linton’s at Thrushcross Grange.""
""Death and hell: existence, after losing her, would be hell.""
""Oh, Cathy! Oh, my life! how can I bear it?""
""I cannot live without my life! I cannot live without my soul!""
""Whatever our souls are made of, his and mine are the same.""
""I am Heathcliff!""