Introduction and Notes by John S. Whitley, University of Sussex. Wuthering Heights je divoké, pasívne story z intenzívnej a takmer demonic láska medzi Catherine Earnshaw a Heathcliff, a foundling adopted by Catherine's otec. After Mr Earnshaw's death, Heathcliff je bullied and humiliated by Catherine's brother Hindley a wrongly believing to, že jeho láska pre Catherine nie je reciprocated, listy Wuthering Heights, len to return years later as. He proceeds to exact a terrible revenge for his former miseries. V akcii story je chaotický a neremittingly violent, ale priblížila sa handling komplexnej štruktúry, evocatívne descriptions lonely moorland setting a poetická grandeur vizuálnej kombinácie k tomu, že tento unique noviel a masterpiece of English literature.