Considered a classic of English literature, Wuthering Heights was Emily Bronte's only novel. It is a highly original tale of the all-consuming and passionate, yet thwarted, love between the orphan who became the wealthy master of Wuthering Heights, Heathcliff, and Catherine Earnshaw, the daughter of the man who rescued him from the streets. The unresolved passion between them survives her death, drives Heathcliff's behavior and reshapes the lives of everyone he knows.