Bronte couple hit Heights of passion.EMILY Bronte's Wuthering Heights Wuthering Heights remotely situated home where Heathcliff nurses his vengeful plans. [Br. Lit.: Emily Brontë Wuthering Heights in Magill I, 1137] See : Houses, Fateful Wuthering Heights has been named Britain's favourite love story of all time. The 1847 tale of thwarted love between Heathcliff and Catherine Earnshaw Catherine Earnshaw, or Catherine Linton, is the principal female character in Emily Brontë's novel Wuthering Heights. Born Catherine Earnshaw, and originally residing in Wuthering Heights, Catherine - or Cathy, as she is known in her childhood - is Hindley , set on the Yorkshire moors, pipped classics by Daphne du Maurier Noun 1. Daphne du Maurier - English writer of melodramatic novels (1907-1989) Dame Daphne du Maurier, du Maurier , DH Lawrence and Bronte's elder sister Charlotte in the poll. Pride And Prejudice, Jane Austen's novel about the love affair that develops between Elizabeth Bennet and Mr Darcy, came second. Shakespeare's Romeo And Juliet Romeo and Juliet star-crossed lovers die as teenagers. [Br. Lit.: Romeo and Juliet] See : Death, Premature Romeo and Juliet archetypal star-crossed lovers. [Br. Lit. , the oldest work in the Top 20, was third in the poll by UKTV Drama. |
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