The decision to publish came after the success of her sister Charlotte s novel, Jane Eyre. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators. Wuthering Heights is a novel by Emily Brontë, written between October 1845 and June 1846, and published in 1847 under the pseudonym 'Ellis Bell.' It was her first and only published novel: she died aged 30 the following year. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Its inclusion makes The Brontë Sisters a must-have volume for anyone fascinated by this singularly talented family.įor more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. Drawn from Anne's own experiences as a governess, Agnes Grey offers a compelling view of Victorian chauvinism and materialism. For the first time ever, Penguin Classics unites these two enduring favorites with the lesser known but no less powerful work by their youngest sister, Anne. Emily Jane Brontë was a British novelist and poet, now best remembered for her only novel Wuthering Heights, a classic of English literature. Both Charlotte's Jane Eyre and Emily's Wuthering Heights have won lofty places in the pantheon and stirred the romantic sensibilities of generations of readers. The Brontë family was a literary phenomenon unequalled before or since. The most cherished novels from England's talented sisters, all in one gorgeously packaged volume
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