{"product_id":"wuthering-heights-9780593244036","title":"Wuthering Heights","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe classic tale of tormented love and the inexorable pull of the past, from one of history's greatest literary talents--the inspiration for the film \u003ci\u003eWuthering Heights, \u003c\/i\u003edirected by Emerald Fennell and starring Margot Robbie and Jacob Elordi\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eFeatures an introduction by Silvia Moreno-Garcia, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003ebestselling author of \u003ci\u003eMexican Gothic \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003eWhen young orphan Heathcliff is adopted by a wealthy gentleman, he quickly forms a close bond with his benefactor's daughter, Cathy. But over the years, their childhood friendship morphs into a desperate, twisted, possessive love, as they wrestle with the violent and tyrannical rule of Cathy's brother and the confines of social class that keep them apart. What follows is an ingenious and darkly captivating narrative of frustrated passion and tortured heartbreak reverberating through the generations, wrought with all the brutality, power, and wildness of the Yorkshire moors. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWith striking force, Emily Brontë's mesmerizing prose claws at the nature of human folly, defying the gender, religious, and social mores of its day. \u003ci\u003eWuthering Heights \u003c\/i\u003eis a transcendent, mystifying masterpiece that examines the cruelty of love, and the ways in which the past, scratching at a windowpane with ghostly fingers, never lets us go. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Modern Library Torchbearers series features women who wrote on their own terms, with boldness, creativity, and a spirit of resistance. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eEmily Brontë (1818-1848) \u003c\/b\u003ewas the second-youngest child of the Brontë family, who held the parsonage of the town of Haworth, England. Together with her siblings, Charlotte, Branwell, and Anne, Brontë wrote fantastical stories and poems. The three sisters published poems and novels under the names Currer, Acton, and Ellis Bell. \u003ci\u003eWuthering Heights \u003c\/i\u003ewas published in 1847; Brontë died a year later of tuberculosis, and the true authorship of \u003ci\u003eWuthering Heights \u003c\/i\u003ewas not revealed until the publication of the second edition in 1850.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Modern Library","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50612297040146,"sku":"9780593244036","price":7.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_d1c1e9b1-e17b-430c-be4d-74bfb7d64c49.jpg?v=1775631859","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/wuthering-heights-9780593244036","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}