Wuthering Heights 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 version to be published as a posthumous second edition in 1850. Although "Wuthering Heights" is now a classic of English literature, contemporary reviews were deeply polarised; it was controversial because of its unusually stark depiction of
Heathcliff (Wuthering Heights) as to whether she could ever be admitted into Heaven. The uncertain fate of Heathcliff's soul, combined with the mystery that Heathcliff's character leaves behind, ends the novel in a mesmerizing, eerie way, justifying Heathcliff's enduring status as an iconic anti-hero of literature. In 1939, Laurence Olivier portrayed Heathcliff in "Wuthering Heights", directed by William Wyler. Olivier received an Oscar nomination for Best Actor for his performance. In 1970, Timothy Dalton portrayed Heathcliff in "Wuthering Heights", directed by Robert Fuest. Ralph Fiennes's portrayal of Heathcliff in 1992's "Emily Brontë's Wuthering Heights" marked the second film adaptation to attempt to involve