Wuthering Heights and Agnes Grey

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title Wuthering Heights and Agnes Grey
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Emily Bronte
By (author) Anne Bronte
SeriesCambridge Library Collection - Fiction and Poetry
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:534
Dimensions(mm): Height 216,Width 140
Category/GenreLiterary studies - c 1800 to c 1900
ISBN/Barcode 9781108057066
ClassificationsDewey:823.8
Audience
Professional & Vocational
Illustrations Worked examples or Exercises

Publishing Details

Publisher Cambridge University Press
Imprint Cambridge University Press
Publication Date 3 January 2013
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

The tragic lives of the Bronte sisters hold a romantic fascination as great as that of the stories into which they poured their rich imaginations and experiences. Following their first appearance in 1847 and the deaths of Emily (1818-48) and Anne (1820-49), these two classics of English literature - one an impassioned tale of doomed love, the other a quietly intense portrait of the governess in Victorian society - were published together with poems and a biographical notice in this revised 1851 edition. It was prepared by the authors' sister and fellow novelist, Charlotte (1816-55). Wuthering Heights was Emily's only novel, and although it received mixed reviews upon first publication because of its stark depiction of mental and physical cruelty, it has since become an icon of its genre. Agnes Grey, Anne's debut novel, astutely shows the governess to be an often invisible and abused member of the household.