Wuthering Heights is Emily Brontes only novel It was first published in 1847 under the pseudonym Ellis Bell and a posthumous second edition was edited by her sister Charlotte The name of the novel comes from the Yorkshire manor on the moors on which the story centres as an adjective wuthering is a Yorkshire word referring to turbulent weather The narrative tells the tale of the all-encompassing and passionate yet thwarted love between Heathcliff ...