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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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He also starred as Heathcliff in Emerald Fennell's divisive new version of Emily Bronte's Wuthering Heights, and got a Golden Globe nomination for TV drama The Narrow Road to the Deep North.

From BBC • Apr. 8, 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

In Wuthering Heights she took on the role of young Cathy, played by teenager Charlotte Mellington.

From BBC • Mar. 3, 2026

I never get sick of being Jimmy, although Wuthering Heights is getting on my nerves a bit now.

From "I Am the Messenger" by Markus Zusak

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