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Wuthering Heights

American  
[wuhth-er-ing] / ˈwʌð ər ɪŋ /

noun

  1. a novel (1846) by Emily Brontë.

Wuthering Heights Cultural  

  1. A novel by Emily Brontë about the thwarted love of two young people, Catherine and Heathcliff, and the cruel suffering Heathcliff inflicts on all involved in their separation.

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Warner’s Wuthering Heights and Paramount’s Scream 7 are two of the top box-office performers of 2026 so far.

From Barron's • Mar. 16, 2026

The university module includes Wuthering Heights as part of broader examination of mainly Victorian tales of horror published between the 1830s and 1920s.

From BBC • Mar. 12, 2026

But, believe it or not, Ponomari's stand-in role might not have been the most surprising on the Wuthering Heights set.

From BBC • Mar. 3, 2026

Perched on the edge of the rugged Yorkshire moors that inspired Emily Bronte to write her masterpiece "Wuthering Heights", the quaint village of Haworth has long been a place of literary pilgrimage.

From Barron's • Feb. 28, 2026

When I completed Wuthering Heights, I noted the danger of‘letting emotions get out of control.’

From "Hunger of Memory" by Richard Rodriguez

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