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EMILY BRONTË (NOVEL DATE 1847)

SOURCE: Brontë, Emily. "Chapter 1." In Wuthering Heights. 1847. Reprint edition, pp. 1-6. New York: Bantam Dell, 2003.

The following excerpt comprises Chapter 1 of Wuthering Heights, which was first published in 1847.

1801—I have just returned from a visit to my landlord—the solitary neighbour that I shall be troubled with. This is certainly a beautiful country! In all England, I do not believe that I could have fixed on a situation so completely removed from the stir of society. A perfect misanthropist's Heaven: and Mr. Heathcliff and I are such a suitable pair to divide the desolation between us. A capital fellow! He little imagined how my heart warmed towards him when I beheld his black eyes withdraw so suspiciously under their brows, as I rode up, and when his fingers sheltered themselves, with a jealous resolution, still further in his waistcoat, as I...

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   1. Emily Brontë (Novel Date 1847)
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   1. Wuthering Heights
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