The story of the tragic love of two wild hearts is one of the most popular and recognizable works in 19th-century European literature.

Wuthering Heights has been adapted for film numerous times, and references to the plot can be found in many works about destructive passion. Love against the backdrop of gloomy moorlands led to madness and death for the heroes of Emily Brontë's only novel. Rage, rebellion, and affection merged into a single whole in the lives of Heathcliff and Catherine. The wild adopted son's feelings for his stepsister are defied by logic or morality; neither human strength, nor evil fate, nor even death have any power over them.

The emotions that completely consumed their owner and ruined more than one life terrified the Victorians, but subsequent generations of readers have been captivated. You can love this novel, or you can hate it. One thing is certain: it is extremely difficult to remain indifferent to him.