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Featured title on PBS's The Great American Read in 2018 Raised together on the Yorkshire moors, Heathcliff and Catherine become lovers and soul mates so utterly inseparable that their destiny seems inevitable. But when Catherine's desire for social status results in her marriage to Heathcliff's wealthy rival, Heathcliff is consumed by revenge. And no one in his path will be spared. Admired for its stark originality and condemned for its fiendish affront to the senses, Wuthering Heights polarized critics. For generations of readers since, its themes of gender inequality, religious hypocrisy, social climbing, and the violent extremes of romantic obsession resonate to this day. Revised edition: Previously published as Wuthering Heights, this edition of Wuthering Heights (AmazonClassics Edition) includes editorial revisions.
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Is Wuthering Heights (AmazonClassics Edition) appropriate for my child?
Suitable for most readers 14 and up.
This classic novel contains intense emotional abuse, domestic violence, obsessive relationships, and revenge-driven cruelty that affects multiple generations. While lacking graphic content, the psychological darkness and toxic relationship dynamics are disturbing and mature.
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This book has moderate violence, mild sexual content, and mild language. Content notes include child abuse, suicide, domestic violence, abuse, and emotional abuse (see the full list above).
Who'll love this
Teens interested in classic literature will find a darkly compelling tale of all-consuming passion and the destructive power of obsession and revenge set on the atmospheric Yorkshire moors.