1818-1848

Each volume provides discussions of the literary and historical background of novels from various cultures and time periods. Includes concise synopses of plot, characters and themes, a brief author biography, discussion of the story's cultural and historical significance, and excerpted criticism.

Bibliography: p. 136-143. An introduction to Bronte's writings including "Wuthering Heights, " Gondal material, poetry, and French essays.

Provides in-depth analysis of the literary work Wuthering Heights, as well as its importance and critical reception. Includes a chronology of the life and works of the author.

Provides in-depth analysis of the life, works, career, and critical importance of Emily Bront??.

Celebrating the joy of storytelling and the love of books, this story of the four motherless Bront? children shows how, through the power of reading novels, poetry, history and fables, they grew up to become some of English literature's finest writers.

"In the English countryside of the nineteenth century, Charlotte, Emily and Anne Bront?--coping with an elderly father and a brother dedicated to drinking--find themselves confronting their family's stormy economic forturnes. And they do it their own way: overcoming difficulties and first failures with pride and courage; transforming their creative talents into a source of sustenance; and finally living lives of freedom"--Provided by publisher.

Collects essays that examine how Emily Bront? depicted the theme of class conflict in her "Wuthering Heights," providing historical context on Bront?'s life and times, and discussing the tensions between the Earnshaws and the Lintons, nineteenth-century class conventions, and twenty-first century perspectives on class conflict.

A critical look at the works of nineteenth-century sisters and writers Charlotte, Emily, and Anne Bronte.

In early nineteenth-century Yorkshire, the tumultuous relationship between a headstrong girl and a foundling boy raised in the same home wreaks havoc on them and those around them, even into the next generation.

"For seventeen-year-old Flannery Fields, the only respite from the plaid-skirted mean girls at Sacred Heart High School is her beloved teacher Miss Sweeney's AP English class. But when Miss Sweeney doesn't show up to teach Flannery's favorite book, Wuthering heights, and leaves behind her purse, Flannery knows something is wrong..."--Front flap.