Wuthering Heights author Hilary Scharper's ecogothic novel "Perdita" (2013) was deeply influenced by "Wuthering Heights," namely in terms of the narrative role of powerful, cruel and desolate landscapes.<ref>Bob Douglas, "The Eco-Gothic: Hilary Scharper's Perdita", "Critics at Large", 19 Wuthering Heights Wuthering Heights, Emily Brontë's only novel, was published in 1847 under the pseudonym "Ellis Bell". It was written between October 1845 and June 1846. "Wuthering Heights" and Anne Brontë's "Agnes Grey" were accepted by publisher Thomas Newby before the success of their sister Charlotte's novel "Jane Eyre". After Emily's death, Charlotte edited the manuscript of "Wuthering Heights" and arranged for the edited
Lockwood (Wuthering Heights) of a misanthrope, while at heart he retains his taste for social intercourse, conversation and gossip. The Grange is the perfect home for Lockwood; indeed, he is uncannily akin to its previous owners, the Linton family, who were full of decadent custom and almost wholly lacking in fibre. The Grange is a happy but hollow place, in stark contrast to the impassioned feuding of Wuthering Heights, where Lockwood and the Lintons are never comfortable. Lockwood's own unease is especially evident when, during his ill-fated second visit, he is forced to stay the night at the Heights because of the adverse