Wuthering Heights

This Norton Critical Edition includes: The first edition of the novel (1847), accompanied by a new preface and revised explanatory footnotes. Fourteen of Emily Brontë’s letters regarding the publication of both the 1847 and 1850 editions of Wuthering Heights, along with key excerpts from her diary and devoirs. Twenty-one of Brontë’s poems, three of them new to the Fifth Edition. Thirteen reviews of both the 1847 and 1850 editions of the novel. Five major critical assessments of Wuthering Heights, three of them new to the Fifth Edition. A Chronology and a Selected Bibliography. About the Series Read by more than 12 million students over fifty-five years, Norton Critical Editions set the standard for apparatus that is right for undergraduate readers. The three-part format—annotated text, contexts, and criticism—helps students to better understand, analyze, and appreciate the literature, while opening a wide range of teaching possibilities for instructors. Whether in print or in digital format, Norton Critical Editions provide all the resources students need. About the Author Emily Bronte (1818-1848) spent most of her life in a stone parsonage in the small village of Haworth on the wild and bleak Yorkshire moors. Despite the isolation of Haworth, the Bronte family shared a rich literary life.