Why Emily Brontë’s Wuthering Heights is a cult classic
- Written by Sophie Alexandra Frazer, Doctoral candidate in English, University of Sydney
Kaya Scodelario as Catherine Earnshaw in the 2011 film adaptation of Wuthering Heights. Film 4 and UK Film Council/IMDB
In our series, Guide to the classics, experts explain key works of literature.
Nothing about the reception of Emily Brontë’s first and only published novel, Wuthering Heights, in 1847 suggested that it would grow to...
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