Wuthering Heights Annotated Novel

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Wuthering Heights is a novel by Emily Brontë. Brontë's only finished novel, it was written between October 1845 and June 1846. After Emily's death, Charlotte edited the manuscript of Wuthering Heights and arranged for the edited version to be second edition in 1850. The novel also explores the effects of envy, nostalgia, pessimism and resentment.Wuthering Heights contains elements of gothic fiction.At first, reviewers did not know what to make of Wuthering Heights. It was only after Brontë's death that the book developed its reputation as a literary masterwork. She died of tuberculosis on December 19, 1848, nearly two months after her brother, Branwell, succumbed to the same disease. Her sister Anne also fell ill and died of tuberculosis the following May.Interest in Brontë's work and life remains strong today. The parsonage where Brontë spent much of her life is now a museum. The Brontë Society operates the museum and works to preserve and honor the work of the Brontë sisters.

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