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WUTHERING HEIGHTS
by EMILY BRONTE
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Fine
- Seller
-
West Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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About This Item
This is a 1966 printing of Emily Bronte's classic Wuthering Heights, which was published in 1847 and is considered by many to be the greatest novel ever written.
This copy was published by Collins (UK) in 1966. It is 360 tissue-thin pages with no adornment other than a portrait of Emily Bronte at the front.
It is bound in grained burgundy leather, with a burgundy silk bookmark bound in. There is gold lettering on the spine. It comes in an orange cardboard slipcase. When the book was printed, the publisher wrapped it in a light plastic, attached with little pieces of tape. That plastic is still covering the leather.
The book was presented to its original owner by her school, as a prize for English Composition. The school put a bookplate on the front endpaper--you can steam that off.
Judging by the condition of the opening of the slipcase, many people have moved the book in and out of the slipcase. But there is no evidence that anyone ever read the book. It is pristine--mint condition.
Synopsis
Wuthering Heights, the only book written by Emily Brontë, and originally published in 1847 by Thomas Cautley Newby under the pseudonym Ellis Bell, is a classic work of English literature. The Brontë sisters are known for classical and important literature, such as Jane Eyre (by Charlotte Brontë) and Agnes Grey (by Anne Brontë). The first edition of Wuthering Heights was first published in three volumes, the first two composed of Wuthering Heights , with the third volume containing Anne Brontë’s Agnes Grey . The second edition of Wuthering Heights was edited by Charlotte Brontë and published in 1850. Emily Brontë herself died in 1848 at the age of 30 from tuberculosis. In the first American edition, published by Harpers & Brothers in 1848, the authorship of Wuthering Heights was mistakenly attributed to Charlotte Brontë on the title page, which stated: ‘by the author of Jane Eyre.’ The name of the novel comes from the Yorkshire manor on the moors on which the story centers (as an adjective, Wuthering is a Yorkshire word referring to turbulent weather). The work was deeply controversial at the time of publication because it challenged long-held perceptions of class, religion, morality, and the position of women in society. Additionally, the novel contains vivid descriptions of violence. The novel follows the inhabitants of Wuthering Heights, a house on the wild moors of England, and it’s owner, Healthcliffe, on a tragic and compelling story of love and revenge
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Details
- Bookseller
- Louise Aird
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1549
- Title
- WUTHERING HEIGHTS
- Author
- EMILY BRONTE
- Format/Binding
- Perfect, in Leather with Slipcase
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Collins
- Place of Publication
- United Kingdom
- Date Published
- 1966
- Pages
- 360
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Heathcliff, Lockwood, Gothic, Ellis Bell, Earnshaw, Linton
- Bookseller catalogs
- British Society; British Fiction; Romance;
Terms of Sale
Louise Aird
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About the Seller
Louise Aird
Biblio member since 2019
West Vancouver, British Columbia
About Louise Aird
Private individual who has been collecting books for 40 years.
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This Book’s Categories
- Fiction & Literature Fiction by Region British Fiction
- Fiction & Literature Classic Literature
- Fiction & Literature English Fiction
- Fiction & Literature Historical Fiction
- Fiction & Literature Literary Studies Literary Criticism
- Children & Juvenile Juvenile & Young Adult Juvenile Fiction & Literature
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