Victorian Literature / Period

The Victorian Literature Period focuses on works written between the mid-late 19th century. This period, which is characterized by the rise of the novel as the most prominent form of English literature, represents a rejection of the Romantic focus on beauty and emotion, instead focusing on realism, practicality, and everyday life.

Publication year 1847

Genre Novel, Fiction

Tags British Literature, Victorian Period, Romanticism, Romance, Education, Education, Gothic Literature, World History, Historical Fiction, Classic Fiction

Emily Brontë’s Wuthering Heights was published in December 1847 under the pen name Ellis Bell. This literary classic is Emily Brontë’s only novel, and the book is widely appreciated as an exemplary work of British Romantic literature. At the time of publication, most critical reviews of Wuthering Heights were disapproving at best and scathing at worst, so much so that Brontë’s sister Charlotte Brontë, who wrote Jane Eyre under the pen name Currer Bell, was... Read Wuthering Heights Summary