WUTHERING HEIGHTS by Emily Bronte. LIthographs by Barnett Freedman

First Easton Press Edition. Illustrated throughout on full-page plates in colours by Barnett Freedman. 8vo, bound in the publisher's midnight-bliue leather, the covers fully gilt in an all-over design, the spine with raised bands separating the compartments, the compartments fully decorated and lettered in gilt, silk doublures and endleaves, all edges gilt, silk ribbon marker. xxx, [2], 331 pp. A pristine copy, as mint.

Edizione: first easton press edition. a handsome edition with illustrations by barnett freedman.<br> a prize title of english literature-this was bronte's only novel, and it was unconventional and 'disagreeable' to contemporary reviewers who tended to dwell on its morbid and painful aspects. charlotte bronte, in a preface to the 1850 edition, felt compelled to write an apology for the work's intensity. but early neglect was overtaken by 'a general recognition of the mastery of an extremely complex structure, acute evocation of place, poetic grandeur of vision, and highly original handling of gothic and romantic elements inherited from lesser works.' (oxford companion to english language)