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Wuthering Heights is a wild, passionate story of the intense and
almost demonic love between Catherine Earnshaw and Heathcliff, a
foundling adopted by Catherine's father. After Mr Earnshaw's death,
Heathcliff is bullied and humiliated by Catherine's brother Hindley
and wrongly believing that his love for Catherine is not
reciprocated, leaves Wuthering Heights, only to return years later
as a wealthy and polished man. He proceeds to exact a terrible
revenge for his former miseries. The action of the story is chaotic
and unremittingly violent, but the accomplished handling of a
complex structure, the evocative descriptions of the lonely
moorland setting and the poetic grandeur of vision combine to make
this unique novel a masterpiece of English literature.
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Sense and Sensibility
(Paperback)
Jane Austen; Introduction by Henry Hitchings; Illustrated by Hugh Thomson
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A special edition from Macmillan Collector's Library; a series of
stunning classics that make perfect gifts or a treat for any book
lover. Featuring beautiful heritage wallpaper patterns from Jane
Austen's own home in Hampshire, these collectable paperback
editions are a must for all Jane Austen fans. Two sisters of
opposing temperament but who share the pangs of tragic love provide
the subjects for Jane Austen's Sense and Sensibility. Elinor,
practical and conventional, the epitome of sense, desires a man who
is promised to another woman. Marianne, emotional and sentimental,
the epitome of sensibility, loses her heart to a scoundrel who
jilts her. A powerful drama of family life and growing up, Sense
and Sensibility is at once a subtle comedy of manners and a
striking critique of early nineteenth-century society. With
original illustrations by the celebrated Hugh Thomson, this
Macmillan Collector's Library edition also features bonus material
by Jane Austen expert Sophie Reynolds.
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