The tale of Heathcliff and Cathy's ungovernable love and suffering; and the havoc that their passion wreaks on the families of the Earnshaws and the Lintons; shocked the book's first readers; with even Emily's sister Charlotte wondering whether it is right or advisable to create beings like Heathcliff . Replete with unforgettable characters and situations that have seared themselves into our literary consciousness; Emily Bronte's intense masterpiece is one of the most haunting love stories in the canon of English literature.
