Revisit Wuthering Heights In All Its Amazing Iterations With The White Plains Library

Press release from the White Plains Public Library:

| by Susan

If you saw the film Wuthering Heights and have been wanting to read the novel, autumn is a wonderful time to revisit this gothic love story by Emily Brontë. We will meet to discuss the novel during the day (because night would be too spooky!) on Sunday, November 22 and will also screen the movie Emily, a fictionalized imagining of her writing it, on Saturday, November 14. The movie adaptation and new biography, both released earlier this year, have spurred a renewed interest in Brontë and her only novel. Take a look at the resources below to enrich your experience of this classic.

Events:

Movie Screening: Emily (R; 2022)
Saturday, November 14, 11am-1:15pm
Auditorium

What experiences could have inspired Emily Brontë’s novel Wuthering Heights? This fictional movie imagines the influences. Filmed on location at the parsonage where Brontë grew up, it shows the beautiful moors she loved and the graveyard her bedroom window overlooked. Rated R for mature themes.

Wuthering Heights Book Discussion
Sunday, November 22, 3pm-4pm
Rotary Room

Join us to discuss Emily Brontë’s classic novel Wuthering Heights.

Media:

This Dark Night: Emily Brontë, A Life by Deborah Lutz (2026)

In the first full-length biography in over twenty years, renowned scholar Deborah Lutz sketches the days of a woman crafting otherworldly fiction while running her father’s parsonage: writing interweaving with household work, daydreaming, and exploring the rough-hewn outdoors. Also check out this video interview by NYPL of the author.

“The Magnanimity of Wuthering Heights” by Joyce Carol Oates

This article discusses the significance and breathtaking magnanimity the second book of the novel gives to Wuthering Heights. Originally published in 1983 and posted since on the author’s website, its insights are just as valid now and well worth a read.

Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë

When Mr. Earnshaw, master of Wuthering Heights, returns from a trip with an unkempt orphan in tow, he announces that the child, Heathcliff, is now a member of the family. While young Catherine Earnshaw becomes close with Heathcliff, her older brother, Hindley, sinks into bitter resentment. As Catherine and Heathcliff mature, and their affection blossoms into desire, Hindley’s resentment boils over into hatred, setting the stage for a tragic drama whose aftermath will shake the foundations of their world and affect two families for generations.

Wuthering Heights by Emerald Fennell, Director

Fennell’s adaptation calls itself “Wuthering Heights” in quotes, acknowledging that it is inspired by the novel rather than a literal rendering of it. Despite controversy for its artistic license, it can’t be denied that it offers an artistic, surreal, and anachronistic take on the 1847 tale.

This press release was produced by the White Plains Public Library. The views expressed are the author's own.