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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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And at a Valentine's Day viewing of Wuthering Heights earlier this year, a woman nearby in the auditorium was eating a huge chocolate heart, unwrapping a crinkly wrapper in the process.

From BBC • Apr. 24, 2026

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

Wuthering Heights remains one of the most influential novels of the Victorian period.

From BBC • Mar. 12, 2026

A university has issued a content warning for a literature module featuring Emily Brontë's Wuthering Heights, warning students it contains "distressing" material.

From BBC • Mar. 12, 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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