Books

Edinburgh: John Grant, 1905. The Thornton edition of the novels of the Sisters Bronte. Octavo, 12 volumes bound in three quarter crushed levant morocco over marbled boards with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised bands, top edge gilt with others untrimmed, illustrated, tissue-guarded frontispiece portrait to each volume. Edited by Temple Scott. A very attractive set. The Brontë sisters, Charlotte, Emily, and Anne, were prominent 19th-century English novelists, best known for their contributions to classic literature. Born in the early 1800s in Yorkshire, England, the sisters produced some of the most enduring works in English literature. Charlotte Brontë's "Jane Eyre," Emily Brontë's "Wuthering Heights," and Anne Brontë's "The Tenant of Wildfell Hall" are celebrated novels that explore themes of passion, love, and societal expectations. Despite facing challenges as women writers in a male-dominated era, their unique voices…

Wuthering Heights is Emily Brontë's only novel. Written between October 1845 and June 1846, it was published in 1847 under the pseudonym Ellis Bell. The novel is set on the Yorkshire moors and follows the turbulent relationship between Catherine Earnshaw and Heathcliff, an orphan taken in by Catherine's father.