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Tonight, we'll be reading Wuthering Heights, published in 1847, it was Emily Brontes only novel. Early critics were

mixed in their assessment, and many were puzzled by the novel's multiple narrators and non-chronological structure.

Much of the Victorian public believed the novel was written by a man based on the violent and passionate imagery.

Even though the novel received mixed reviews when it came out, it has since become an English literary classic and tells the tale of a tempestuous

romance between Heathcliff and Orphan and Catherine Earnshaw who becomes his close

companion. Let's get cozy. Close your eyes. Relax your body into the softness of your bed.

Now, take a few deep breaths.

Chapter 1. 1801 I have just returned from a visit to my landlord, the solitary neighbor that I shall be

troubled with. This is certainly a beautiful country. In all England, I do not believe that I could have fixed on a situation so completely removed

from the stir of society. A perfect misanthropist heaven, and Mr Heathcliff and I are such a suitable

pair to divide the desolation between us. A capital fellow, he little imagined how my heart warmed

towards him when I beheld his black eyes withdraw so suspiciously under their brows as I rode up and when his fingers

sheltered themselves with a jealous resolution still further in his waistcoat as I announced my name.

Mr Heathcliff, I said. A nod was the answer.

Mr. Lockwood, your new tenant, sir. I do myself the honor of calling as soon as possible

after my arrival to express the hope that I have not inconvenienced

you by my perseverance in soliciting the occupation of the Thrush Cross Grange.

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