Cumbres Borrascosas - (Clásicos Ilustrados) by Emily Brontë (Hardcover)

About the Book

"Cumbres Borrascosas is the essential English romantic novel of thenineteenth century. It describes the passionate and intense love between Catherine Earnshaw and Heathcliff, an orphan adoopted by Catherine's father. Bullied by Catherine's brother and believing his love unreuited, Heathcliff leaves and returns years later a wealthy man. He then exacts different forms of revenge in a chaotic, violent, and jealous manner."--Provided by publisher.

Book Synopsis

Cumbres Borrascosas is the essential English romantic novel of the nineteenth century. It describes the passionate and intense love between Catherine Earnshaw and Heathcliff, an orphan adopted by Catherine's father. Bullied by Catherine's brother and believing his love unrequited, Heathcliff leaves and returns years later a wealthy man. He then exacts different forms of revenge in a chaotic, violent, and jealous manner.

Review Quotes

"It is as if Emily Brontë could tear up all that we know human beings by, and fill these unrecognizable transparencies with such a gust of life that they transcend reality."--Virginia Woolf, on the English-language edition

About the Author

Emily Brontë is a writer. Like her two sisters, Charlotte and Anne Brontë, she is considered one of the best of her generation. Using the pseudonym Ellis Bell, she wrote only one novel. Though criticized initially, Cumbres Borrascosas is now widely regarded as a classic.