Wuthering Heights Emily Bronte Illustrated by Claire Leighton

Publisher: Random House : New York 1931"

;Edition:First Trade EditionYear: 1931";Description: F, 325 pp.; romance; rare, vintage collectable; Random House First Trade Editon 1931 (stated); eleven woodblock fine art prints by Claire Leighton illustrate this beautiful novel. Claire Leighton's woodblock prints are part of the permenant collection at the National Museum of Women in the Arts in Washington D.C.; Emily Jane Bronte was an English novelist and poet (b. July 30, 1818 - d. December 18, 1848). Wuthering Heights is considered a classic in English Literature. It was her only novel. She passed away at 30 years of age from tuberculosis. Wuthering Heights is a tragic romance of unfullfilled love between Cathy and Heathcliff because of prejudice and class in early 1800's England. Made into a Hollywood movie (1939) directed by William Wyler starring Merle Oberon as Cathy, Laurence Olivier as Heathcliff and David Niven as Edgar, Cathy's brother that keeps the two lovers apart.; There is an old print of an elegant lady playing a small piano as a owner plate centered on the front free endpaper with the name Elizabeth Adalde Martin inscribed on a musical staff. This book is a work of art unto itself and worthy of Emily Bronte's tragic love story.;Author: Emily Bronte Illustrated by Claire Leighton