Gothic/dark academia/classic books tbr

The Legend of Sleepy Hollow: The Original 1820 Edition: Classic Illustrated Edition

Washington Irving · 2023

The Silent Companions

Laura Purcell · 2018

Interview with a Vampire

Anne Rice · 1987

The Witching Hour

Anne Rice · 1990

The Castle of Otranto

Horace Walpole · 2014

The Count of Monte Cristo

Alexandre Dumas · 2003

The Turn of the Screw

Henry James · 2021

The Mysteries of Udolpho

Ann Radcliffe · 2008

Wuthering Heights

Emily Bronte · 2002

Coming soon to the big screen is Emerald Fennell’s feature film “Wuthering Heights,” which captures the spirit of this epic love story and stars Margot Robbie and Jacob Elordi as Catherine and Heathcliff. Emily Brontë's only novel endures as a work of tremendous and far-reaching influence. The Penguin Classics edition is the definitive version of the text, edited with an introduction by Pauline Nestor. Lockwood, the new tenant of Thrushcross Grange, situated on the bleak Yorkshire moors, is forced to seek shelter one night at Wuthering Heights, the home of his landlord. There he discovers the history of the tempestuous events that took place years before. What unfolds is the tale of the intense love between the gypsy foundling Heathcliff and Catherine Earnshaw. Catherine, forced to choose between passionate, tortured Heathcliff and gentle, well-bred Edgar Linton, surrendered to the expectations of her class. As Heathcliff's bitterness and vengeance at his betrayal is visited upon the next generation, their innocent heirs must struggle to escape the legacy of the past. In this edition, a new preface by Lucasta Miller, author of The Brontë Myth, looks at the ways in which the novel has been interpreted, from Charlotte Brontë onwards. This complements Pauline Nestor's introduction, which discusses changing critical receptions of the novel, as well as Emily Brontë's influences and background.