Wuthering Heights is the only novel written by Emily Brontë. Considered a masterpiece of Gothic fiction, it centers on the intense and tragic love between Heathcliff and Catherine, a passion that transforms into hatred and revenge. The story told by Nelly Dean, former servant of Wuthering Heights and later become the servant of Thrushcross Grange rented by Mr. Lockwood in the present time of this book.
Wuthering Heights is a house on the top of the moor, stormy and windy, which fits the wild weather that often surrounds the house. The atmosphere is dark, cold, and rough. The house is built strong to face the violent storms, but inside it feels gloomy and harsh. Mr. Earnshaw, the mister of this house, has brought neglected orphan boy, later named Heatcliff, when he's come back from Liverpool. Heathcliff has dark-skinned, dirty, and poor, black hair, black eyes, and a gypsy-like appearance that makes him look very different from the Earnshaw family. After Mr. Earnshaw died; Heathcliff was often treated as a servant by Hindley, he found pleasure and happiness when playing with Catherine who thought of her as a friend and play together. Times flies, this friendship soon become lover.
