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Catherine: A Retelling of Wuthering Heights

Catherine: A Retelling of Wuthering Heights

by Essie Fox

Publisher Orenda Books

Genre: Historical Fiction

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About the book

The greatest tragic love story ever told – but this time, Catherine tells it herself. In Catherine, Essie Fox breathes new life into Wuthering Heights, transforming a gothic masterpiece into a haunting confession of obsession, madness and love that even death cannot end.

 

Nelly Dean told only half the story…
There is more…

With a nature as wild as the moors she loves to roam, Catherine Earnshaw grows up alongside Heathcliff, a foundling her father rescued from the streets of Liverpool. Their fierce, untamed bond deepens as they grow – until Mr Earnshaw’s death leaves Hindley, Catherine’s brutal brother, in control and Heathcliff reduced to servitude.

Desperate to protect him, Catherine turns to Edgar Linton, the handsome heir to Thrushcross Grange. She believes his wealth might free Heathcliff from cruelty – but her choice is fatally misunderstood, and their lives spiral into a storm of passion, jealousy and revenge.

Now, eighteen years later, Catherine rises from her grave to tell her story – and seek redemption.

Essie Fox’s Catherine reimagines Wuthering Heights with beauty and intensity – a haunting, atmospheric retelling that brings new life to a timeless classic and lays bare the dark heart of an immortal love.

Keywords:

Essie Fox; Catherine: A Retelling of Wuthering Heights; Emily Brontë; Wuthering Heights; gothic romance; dark romance; literary retelling; classic retelling; historical fiction; Victorian romance; tragic love story; obsession; jealousy; revenge; toxic relationship; coercive control; doomed lovers; haunting love story; feminist retelling; literary fiction; classic literature; English classics; 19th-century romance; Yorkshire moors; Victorian England; atmospheric historical fiction; gothic fiction; psychological romance; literary dark romance; romantic tragedy; Byronic hero; female narrative; revenge and redemption; modern classic retelling; film tie-in Wuthering Heights; book club fiction; women’s literary fiction; romantic classics; historical drama; English moors; Yorkshire setting; Victorian gothic romance; classic novel reimagined; modern gothic fiction; Rebecca; Jane Eyre; Wide Sargasso Sea; Mexican Gothic; Longbourn; The Other Bennet Sister; The Silence of the Girls; A Dowry of Blood; Divine Rivals; The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue.

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About the Author

Essie Fox

Essie Fox was born and grew up in Herefordshire. She now lives in Windsor.

After studying English Literature at Sheffield University she first worked for the Telegraph Sunday Magazine, and then the book publishers, George Allen & Unwin – before moving into art and design, a career that lasted twenty years.

Always an avid reader, Essie also yearned to write. She has now published four historical novels with Orion Books. Her debut, The Somnambulist, one of three Victorian gothic mysteries, was shortlisted for the 2012 National Book Awards, and also featured on Channel 4’s TV Book Club. Subsequent titles were selected for the You Magazine Reading Group, and The Times Historical Book of the Month.

As well as appearing at many literary festivals and book events, Essie writes the popular blog (The Virtual Victorian). She has been interviewed on local and national radio, as well as contributing articles to newspapers and magazines. She has lectured at the V&A, and the National Gallery.

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