WUTHERING HEIGHTS IN MODERN ENGLISH

Yes, it’s that book. The one everyone says you should read. The original toxic love story that spawned entire genres of dark romance.

Here’s the thing: Wuthering Heights is unhinged, devastating, and has been absolutely wrecking readers for 175 years. It’s a masterpiece.

The Victorian prose, though? That’s the part that makes it feel like homework.

This edition fixes that.

Same gothic moors. Same obsessive passion. Same “wait, did that just happen?” moments. Just in language that doesn’t require you to stop and decode every other sentence.

What’s different: The prose. That’s it.

No scenes cut. No plot watered down. No study guide summary. Every chapter, every character, every devastating moment, just written so you can actually experience why this book has been breaking hearts since 1847.

You get the full story without “hitherto,” “countenance,” and sentences that take three reads to figure out. You get Brontë’s genius without the barrier.

Still Wuthering Heights. Just readable.

The Story

When Mr. Lockwood rents a remote estate on the Yorkshire moors, he expects peace and solitude. Instead, he finds Wuthering Heights, a house thick with secrets, resentment, and a landlord who seems to despise everyone, including himself.

As his housekeeper tells him the estate’s history, Lockwood uncovers a tale of obsessive love and revenge spanning two generations. At its center are Heathcliff, an orphan brought to the Heights as a child, and Catherine Earnshaw, the wild, passionate girl who became his entire world.

Their bond should have been unbreakable. But class barriers, pride, and Catherine’s choice trigger a chain of events that destroys nearly everyone in their orbit. Heathcliff’s revenge is patient, calculated, and devastating. But even he can’t escape the ghost of the one person he ever loved.

Perfect For Readers Who Love:

Obsessive, all-consuming love that crosses every line • Childhood bonds that turn complicated and toxic • Long-game revenge plots where everyone pays the price • Atmospheric gothic settings (windswept moors, crumbling estates, literal ghosts) • Morally complex characters who make catastrophic choices • Class barriers that ruin everything • Romance with actual stakes and consequences • Stories where “happy ending” was never an option

Who This Edition Is For:

Because these stories deserve to be enjoyed, not endured.

Part of The Readable Classics series
Translated by Avery Frost

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