The Dark Truth about Wuthering Heights

The Dark Truth about Wuthering Heights

Wuthering Heights, written by Emily Brontë in 1847, depicts a gothic world full of violence and passion, set against the wild Yorkshire Moors.


So how did the daughter of a clergyman create such a story? How was it received at the time? And what darkness and intrigue happened in the Brontê's lives that could have influenced such stories?


With a new Wuthering Heights film being released, Anthony and Maddy are exploring that world with you in today's episode.


It’s one of relentless death and tragedy, wild creativity, and supernatural belief, all to the backdrop of an industrial Victorian England.


If you're interested to find out more, you can watch the documentary Death at the Parsonage: The Brontês, on HistoryHit.com.


This episode was edited and produced by Stuart Beckwith. The senior producer was Freddy Chick.


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