Wuthering Heights

by Anna Trewin (Adapter), Emily Brontë

It is winter in the wild English countryside. A man caught in a snowstorm finds shelter at a remote manor called Wuthering Heights. He learns about Cathy, who lived in the house many years before, whose story is one of love, heartbreak and revenge that still haunts those in the present.

Penguin Readers is a series of the best new fiction, essential non-fiction and popular classics written for learners of English as a foreign language. Beautifully illustrated and carefully adapted, the series introduces language learners around the world to the bestselling authors and most compelling content from Penguin Random House. The eight levels of Penguin Readers follow the Common European Framework and include language activities that help readers to develop key skills.

Wuthering Heights, a Level 5 Reader, is B1 in the CEFR framework. The text is made up of sentences with up to four clauses, introducing present perfect continuous, past perfect, reported speech and second conditional. It is well supported by illustrations, which appear regularly.

96 pages, Paperback

Published September 5, 2019

Reviews

[idc · Rating 5 out of 5]

I read it maybe four months ago but I still think about it and can’t wait to reread it soon

[Capubooks · Rating 2 out of 5]

I did not really understand the story because I was lost with the characters. they were too many, we do not know if we are in the present or in the past. However, it remains a story with many twists. If someone can give me a summary pls thank you a lot haha ​​my insta: capubooks! Happy reading

[Nadine McGarry · Rating 2 out of 5]

Do not get Wuthering Heights at all

[Marcel]

Didn't realize this was the children's version

[nikkie · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is like pride and prejudice except every character is a horrible person that makes infuriatingly stupid decisions. EXCEPT Nelly she’s the only sane one who’s calling out everyone’s bs.
So weird but honestly at some point it becomes entertaining, like watching a reality TV show except its a guy holding his niece hostage until her dad dies of sadness and making her marry her cousin.
Overall I actually kind of liked it, it was exactly what I expected. The build up and suspense was pretty good and the ending is satisfactory.
I wish it leaned into the ghostly/supernatural aspect of catherine /heathcliff more.


I like the song better

[anete · Rating 2 out of 5]

this was so confusing, there were too many characters & i didn’t get what was happening half the time but it was kinda entertaining & it did get me out of a reading slump!