Sturmhöhe

Geschrieben von Emily Brontë und Edward Elgar

Erzählt von Eva Mattes und Wolfram Koch

Wild und leidenschaftlich, unangepasst und kompromisslos: Heathcliff und Catherine ähneln sich charakterlich wie ein Ei dem anderen. Gesellschaftlich aber trennen Welten das Findelkind aus den Liverpooler Slums und die Tochter eines wohlhabenden Gutsherrn. Gemeinsam aufgezogen und in tiefer, bedingungsloser Liebe zueinander entflammt, führen das Schicksal und Heathcliffs Temperament das Paar in einen Strudel, der nicht nur sie selbst, sondern auch ihre Familien mit sich reißt.

• Sprache: Deutsch
• Herausgeber: Silberfisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 3. Aug. 2012
• ISBN: 9783844907179

Emily Brontë

Emily Brontë (1818-1848) was an English novelist and poet known famously for her only novel, Wuthering Heights. The work was originally published in a three-volume set alongside the work of her sister Anne. Due to the politics of the time, she and her sister were given the names Ellis and Acton Bell as pseudonyms. It wasn’t until 1850 that their real names were printed on their respective works. The initial reception of Wuthering Heights by the public was not favorable. Many readers were confused by the novel structure—they had not previously encountered a frame narrative (story-within-a-story) as unique as that of Wuthering Heights. Emily Brontë died from tuberculosis at age thirty, only a year after the publication of her landmark book. Alas, she didn’t live long enough to revel in its legacy; the book later became an iconic work of English literature.