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OverviewExperience timeless classics like never before in this Grand Type Collector's Edition With clear, easy-to-read formatting, this edition is designed for readers who prefer or require larger text without sacrificing the excitement of the original. Large Print Features: 18-point font: Generously sized text for maximum readability and comfort. Sans-serif font: Clean, modern typeface designed to reduce visual strain. Italics are bolded: Important emphasis is maintained without thin, hard-to-see lettering. Easy-to-read line lengths: Shorter rows of text (under 45 characters per line) make reading smoother and less tiring. Few love stories burn as wildly-or as destructively-as the one at the heart of Emily Brontë's Wuthering Heights. Heathcliff, a mistreated orphan, and Catherine Earnshaw, his passionate and conflicted soulmate, forge a bond on the harsh Yorkshire moors that defies class, reason, and restraint. What begins as devotion twists into obsession, betrayal, and heartbreak, unleashing a cycle of suffering that echoes through generations of the Earnshaw and Linton families. As storms rage inside the characters and across the landscape, Brontë delves into revenge, longing, and the haunting power of unfulfilled love. Even the moors themselves seem to breathe with the force of their passion and pain. First published in 1847, Wuthering Heights shocked Victorian readers with its intensity, moral ambiguity, and groundbreaking narrative structure. Brontë's layered voices and psychological depth challenged literary norms and helped shape modern fiction. The novel endures as one of literature's most powerful and unsettling masterpieces. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Emily BrontëPublisher: Grand Type Classics Imprint: Grand Type Classics Edition: Large type / large print edition Dimensions: Width: 15.20cm , Height: 4.40cm , Length: 22.90cm Weight: 1.148kg ISBN: 9781834123554ISBN 10: 1834123550 Pages: 736 Publication Date: 27 January 2026 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Not yet available This item is yet to be released. You can pre-order this item and we will dispatch it to you upon its release. Table of ContentsReviewsAuthor InformationEmily Brontë, born on July 30, 1818, in Thornton, Yorkshire, was an English novelist and poet best known for her novel Wuthering Heights. Raised in Haworth as the fifth of six children, Emily grew up in a creative but tragic family, losing her mother and two older sisters early in life. Alongside her siblings Charlotte, Anne, and Branwell, she invented fictional worlds, notably Gondal, which fueled her imagination and later influenced her writing.Unlike her sisters, Emily was a deeply private person who rarely left the family's parsonage, aside from brief periods at school and a short-lived job as a governess. She was known for her reserved nature and her love of the Yorkshire moors, which became a central feature of her work. Writing under the pseudonym ""Ellis Bell,"" she and her sisters published poetry, but her verses and prose stood out for their intense emotional depth and connection to nature.Published in 1847, Wuthering Heights received mixed reviews at first for its dark themes and unique structure, yet it later gained recognition as a groundbreaking work of Gothic literature. Emily's life was cut short by tuberculosis in 1848, but her legacy endures through her novel, celebrated for its raw passion, psychological insight, and haunting depiction of the moorland landscape. She remains a fascinating, mysterious figure in English literature, continuing to inspire generations. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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