Emily Brontë, Wuthering Heights
Lesson plans and teaching resources

Emily Brontë
Biography at Wikipedia.

The Gothic
In this video from the British Library (8:51), Professor John Bowen discusses key motifs in Gothic novels, including the uncanny, the sublime and the supernatural. Includes brief discussion of sexuality as motif; preview for appropriateness. Also available at YouTube, here .

Violence and Cruelty
In this video from the British Library (4:13), Professor John Bowen explores Emily Brontë’s extraordinary use of violence in Wuthering Heights . Video also available at YouTube, here .

Wuthering Heights
A variety of reading strategies, including an anticipation guide, a graphic organizer focusing on narrators, and an approach to vocabulary. Adobe Reader required for access.

Wuthering Heights
E-text of the novel, organized by chapters.

Wuthering Heights
Students develop a lesson based on themes drawn from the novel. Lesson includes vocabulary and standards.

Wuthering Heights
Book-club style discussion questions.

Wuthering Heights
Downloadable text of the novel in multiple formats, including EPUB, Kindle, and plain text.

Wuthering Heights : Fantasy and Realism
In this video from the British Library (4:29), Professor John Bowen considers Emily Brontë’s combination of fantasy and reality in Wuthering Heights and the way in which fairy tale and Gothic elements ‘haunt the edges’ of the novel. Video also available at YouTube, here .

Wuthering Heights : Landscape
In this video from the British Library (3:26), Professor John Bowen discusses the harshness of the landscape around Haworth and the central part it plays in the writings of the Brontë sisters. Filmed on location on the moors around Haworth. Video also available at YouTube, here .

Who is Heathcliff?
In this video from the British Library (3:46), Professor John Bowen discusses the enigmatic Heathcliff, from his early appearance as a rejected child, to his return as a powerful and violent antihero. Filmed on location on the moors around Haworth. Video also available at YouTube, here .

Wuthering Heights vocabulary
Words are presented in context and with definitions. Click on a word for pronunciation, synonyms, examples of use, more.

The Yorkshire Moors
What do the moors look like? Photo and additional information.