Wuthering Heights (1847)
0.4649Canon Score · ranked #7 all time
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About the book
Wuthering Heights is an 1847 novel by Emily Brontë, initially published under the pseudonym Ellis Bell. It concerns two families of the landed gentry living on the West Yorkshire moors, the Earnshaws and the Lintons, and their turbulent relationships with Earnshaw's adopted son, Heathcliff. The novel was influenced by Romanticism and Gothic fiction.
Why it ranks #7
Every list on which Wuthering Heights appears, with its position as published.
| List | Authority | Position |
|---|---|---|
| OCLC/WorldCat Top 500 Novels (2019) | Editorial list | #7 / 500 |
| BBC Big Read Top 200 (2003) | Editorial list | #12 / 200 |
| BBC 100 Stories That Shaped the World | Major international poll | #38 / 100 |
| The Novel 100 (Burt) | Editorial list | #39 / 100 |
| PBS Great American Read (2018) | Editorial list | #100 / 100 |
| Bokklubben World Library (2002) | Major international poll | Selected |
| Guardian 1000 Novels (2009) | Critics' canon | Selected |
| 1001 Books You Must Read (union) | Critics' canon | Selected |
| Bloom, The Western Canon (1994) | Editorial list | Selected |
| Observer 100 Greatest Novels (2003) | Editorial list | Selected |
| Telegraph 100 Novels (2009) | Editorial list | Selected |