This softcover edition presents Emily Brontë's famed gothic novel of the turbulent love affair between Catherine Earnshaw and the dark brooding Heathcliff, viewed by many literary scholars as one of the greatest novels ever written in English; its 1847 publication helped secure Brontë's place in literature's pantheon of great writers. In this classic gothic story, Catherine Earnshaw is forced to choose between passionate, tortured foundling Heathcliff and gentle, well-bred Edgar Linton. Catherine surrenders to the expectations of her class and sets off a domino effect with lasting consequences. As bitterness and vengeance at this betrayal are visited upon the next generation, Catherine and Heathcliff's innocent heirs must struggle to escape the legacy of the lovers' tortured past.