A sumptuous, double foiled, deluxe edition combining Emily Bronte's tale of tortured romance, Wuthering Heights, with her sister Charlotte's neglected masterpiece, a passionate narrative of repressed and unrequited love. Although Wuthering Heights is the more famous, Villette rewards repeated readings, offered here in the new luxurious Romantic Gothic series. 10 Illustrations

Author Biography

Alison Case (Foreword)is the author of Nelly Dean, a novel about the secret life of the housekeeper at Wuthering Heights (Borough Press). She is a Professor of Victorian Literature and chair of Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies at Williams College in Williamstown, MA, where she also lives. She has published two books and numerous articles about Victorian literature and the history of the novel. She is currently working on a novel based on Sanditon.