Emily Brontë: Wuthering heights [1984].

“Wuthering Heights” is a masterpiece of English literature, the only novel by Emily Brontë that has permanently entered the canon of world classics. The story of the passionate and destructive love of Heathcliff and Catherine Earnshaw, set in the harsh landscape of the Yorkshire moors, has fascinated readers around the world for more than one hundred and fifty years. The dark, violent story – considered one of the most disturbing works in literature – escapes simple categories, balancing between romance and gothic novel.

The presented 1984 edition, translated by Janina Sujkowska, is one of the most highly regarded Polish translations of this novel. It was published by the Czytelnik publishing house in the “Nike” series, which has shaped reading tastes in Poland over the years.