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November 19: Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë
Emily Brontë’s only novel endures as a work of tremendous and far-reaching influence. The Penguin Classics edition is the definitive version of the text, edited with an introduction by Pauline Nestor.
Lockwood, the new tenant of Thrushcross Grange, situated on the bleak Yorkshire moors, is forced to seek shelter one night at Wuthering Heights, the home of his landlord. There he discovers the history of the tempestuous events that took place years before. What unfolds is the tale of the intense love between Heathcliff and Catherine Earnshaw. Catherine, forced to choose between passionate, tortured Heathcliff and gentle, well-bred Edgar Linton, surrenders to the expectations of her class. As Heathcliff’s bitterness and vengeance at his betrayal is visited upon the next generation, their innocent heirs must struggle to escape the legacy of the past.
In this edition, a new preface by Lucasta Miller, author of The Brontë Myth, looks at the ways in which the novel has been interpreted, from Charlotte Brontë onwards. This complements Pauline Nestor’s introduction, which discusses changing critical receptions of the novel, as well as Emily Brontë’s influences and background. ~ Good Reads
2026 List
- January 15: Year of Yes by Shonda Rhimes
- February 19: The Island of Sea Women by Lisa See
- March 19: All the Sinners Bleed by S.A. Cosby
- April 16: The Borrowed Life of Frederick Fife by Anna Johnston
- May 14: An Absolutely Remarkable Thing by Hank Green
- June 11: Junie by Erin Crosby Eckstine
- July 9: Atmosphere by Taylor Jenkins Reid
- August 20: The Wedding People by Alison Espach
- September 17: The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder by David Grann
- October 15: Howl’s Moving Castle by Diana Wynne Jones
- November 19: Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë
- December 10: Everyone in My Family Has Killed Someone by Benjamin Stevenson
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