Emily Brontë's only novel was published in 1847 under
the pseudonym Ellis Bell, tells the tale of the all-encompassing and
passionate, yet thwarted, love between Heathcliff and Catherine
Earnshaw, and how this unresolved passion eventually destroys them and
many around them. 
Now considered a classic of English
literature, "Wuthering Heights" met with mixed reviews by
critics when it first appeared, with many horrified by the stark
depictions of mental and physical cruelty. Though Charlotte
Brontë's "Jane Eyre" was originally considered the
best of the Brontë sisters' works, many subsequent critics of
"Wuthering Heights" argued that its originality and
achievement made it superior.