the novel is told in the form of an extended FLASHback.After a visit to his strange landlord,a newcomer to the area desires to know the history of the family--which he receives from Nelly Deans,a servant who introduces us to the Earnshaw family who once resided in the house known as Wuthering Heights.It was once a cheerful place,but Old Earnshaw adopted a "Gipsy" child who he named Heathcliff.And Catherine,daughter of the house,found in him the perfect companion:wild,rude,and as proud and cruel as she.But although Catherine loves him,even recognizes him as her soulmate,she cannot lower herself to marry so far below her social station.She instead marries another,and in so doing sets in motion an obsession that will destroy them all.
It is a stunning novel,frightening,inexorable,unsettling,filled with unbridled passion that makes one cringe.Even if you do not like it,you should read it at least once--and those who do like it will return to it again and again