what is wuthering heights about

Wuthering Heights is a novel by Emily Brontë, first published in 1847. The story is set in the wild, stormy countryside of Yorkshire, England, and is told through flashbacks recorded in diary entries, with events often presented out of chronological order. The novel concerns two families, the Earnshaws and the Lintons, and the intense and destructive love affair between Catherine Earnshaw and Heathcliff, an orphan who is taken in by the Earnshaws. The novel is known for its powerful exploration of love and revenge, and its brilliant manipulation of time and space. Wuthering Heights is full of death, with almost everyone dying young, in childbirth, or of drink and despair. The novel is often described as gloomy and full of unpleasant characters, but it is also praised for its moody atmosphere, unsentimental plot, and memorable anti-hero.