Wuthering Heights

The work is the story told by Ellen Dean, the housekeeper, to her employer’s lodger—an account she has witnessed throughout her life. The story unfolds on the unwelcoming Yorkshire moors; its heroes are the residents of two neighboring estates—Mize of the Rookfields and the Stormy Hollow. And the events described begin with a seemingly kind and harmless act: the owner of one of the estates saved and sheltered a small homeless boy. If only he had known what a furious chain of events this would set in motion…