EMILY BRONTE.
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This is the story of the savage, tormented foundling Heathcliff, who falls wildly in love with Catherine Earnshaw, the daughter of his benefactor, and the violence and misery that result from their thwarted longing for each other. A book of great power and strength, it is filled with the raw beauty of the moors and an uncanny understanding of the terrible truths about men and women. It is an understanding made even more extraordinary by the fact that...
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2015.
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Cumbres Borrascosas es la única novela de la enigmática Emily Brönte. Fue publicada por primera vez el diciembre de 1847 bajo el seudonimo masculino de Ellis Bell. Su hermana Charlotte editó una segunda edición posterior.
Aunque ahora se considera un clásico de la literatura inglesa, y una de las mejores novelas de todos los tiempos, el recibimiento en un principio de Cumbres Borrascosas fue malo en el mejor de los casos. Su estructura innovadora...
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2020.
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"In his first book devoted exclusively to narrative fiction, America's most original and controversial literary critic and legendary Yale professor writes trenchantly about fifty-two masterworks spanning the Western tradition"--
Bloom offers meditations on forty-eight essential works of fiction that span the Western canon. While considering each novels' strengths and shortcomings, he also explains where and why he differs with other critics' assessments....