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AUSTEN:EMMA Norman Page  \nROBERT BOLT:A MAN FOR ALL SEASONS Leonard Smith  \nEMILY BRONTE:WUTHERING HEIGHTS Hilda D.Spear  \nGEOFFREY CHAUCER:THE PROLOGUE TO THE CANTERBURY  \nTALES Nigel Thomas and Richard Swan  \nCHARLES DICKENS:GREAT EXPECTATIONS Dennis Butts  \nGEORGE ELIOT:SILAS MARNER Graham Handley  \nGEORGE ORWELL:ANIMAL FARM Jean Armstrong  \nWILLIAM SHAKESPEARE:MACBETH David Elloway  \nA MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM  \nKenneth Pickering  \nROMEO AND JULIET Helen Morris  \nForthcoming:  \nJANE AUSTEN:MANSFIELD PARK Richard WirdnamPRIDE AND PREJUDICE Raymond Wilson  \nCHARLES DICKENS:HARD TIMES Norman Page  \nGEORGE ELIOT:MIDDLEMARCH Graham Handley  \nT.S.ELIOT:MURDER IN THE CATHEDRAL Paul Lapworth  \nOLIVER GOLDSMITH:SHE STOOPS TO CONQUER Paul Ranger  \nTHOMAS HARDY:FAR FROM THE MADDING CROWD  \nColin Temblett-Wood  \nTESS OF THE D'URBERVILLES James Gibson  \nCHRISTOPHER MARLOWE:DR FAUSTUS David MaleTHE METAPHYSICAL POETS Joan van Emden  \nWILLIAM SHAKESPEARE:HAMLET Jean Brooks  \nTWELFTH NIGHT Edward LeesonTHE WINTER’S TALE Diana Devlin  \nGEORGE BERNARD SHAW:ST JOAN Leonee Ormond  \nR.B.SHERIDAN:THE RIVALS Jeremy Rowe  \nAlso published by Macmillan  \nMACMILLAN MASTER SERIES  \nMastering English Literature R.GillMastering English Language S.H.BurtonMastering English Grammar S.H.Burton  \nWUTHERING HEIGHTS  \n## BY EMILY BRONTE\n\nHILDA D.SPEAR  \n⑥Hilda D.Spear 1985  \nAll rights reserved.No reproduction,copy or transmission of thispublication may be made without written permission.  \nNo paragraph of this publication may be reproduced,copied ortransmitted save with written permission or in accordancewith the provisions of the Copyright Act 1956(as amended).  \nAny person who does any unauthorised act in relation to thispublication may be liable to criminal prosecution and civilclaims for damages.  \nFirst edition 1985  \nPublished by  \nMACMILLAN EDUCATION LTD  \nHoundmills,Basingstoke,Hampshire RG212XSand London  \nCompanies and representativesthroughout the world  \nTypeset in Great Britain byTEC SET,Sutton,Surrey  \nBritish Library Cataloguing in Publication DataSpear,Hilda D.  \nWuthering Heights by Emily Bronte.-  \n(Macmillan master guides)  \n1.Bronte,Emily.Wuthering Heights  \nI.Title  \n823'.8PR4172.W73ISBN 978-0-333-37286-9DOI 10.1007/978-1-349-07421-1ISBN 978-0-333-39301-7 export  \nISBN978-1-349-07421-1(eBook)  \n\n| CONTENTS   |\n| --- |\n\n## General editor's prefaceAcknowledgements\n\nix  \nK  \nIntroduction:on reading a novel1 Emily Bronte:life andbackground12 Summaries and criticalcommentary73 Themes and issues3.1 Plot33  \n3.2 Themes36  \n3.3 Narration and the use of time41  \n3.4 The two houses474 Techniques4.1 Characters and characterisation51  \n4.2 Style and language605 Specimen passage and5.1 Specimen passage65commentary5.2 Commentary666 Critical appraisals6.1 Contemporary criticism71  \n6.2 Twentieth-century criticism73Revision questions77Further reading79  \nTo Walter  \n## GENERAL EDITOR'S PREFACE\n\nThe aim of 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