
This Thing of Darkness
Nicola Edwards(Author)
Aderyn Press
Published on 2. November 2023
Book
Paperback/Softback
210 pages
978-1-9163986-8-9 (ISBN)
Description
When Heathcliff is blown from the pages of Wuthering Heights he is sodden and rejected, but resolute and hankering for revenge. Heathcliff travels from the Yorkshire moors to the docks of Liverpool, where he boards a ship to Sierra Leone and from there to a sugar plantation across the Atlantic. In these three lost years he is prisoner and gaoler, smuggler and swindler, son and slave trader. When he returns, he is the storm that destroys Cathy and dismantles a dynasty. Viewed almost entirely through the eyes of other characters, Heathcliff is in turn a brutalised boy to be pitied and a cruel malcontent bent on retribution. This Thing of Darkness challenges the cliched notion of Heathcliff as a romantic hero and facilitates a new and daring reimagining of this iconic character.
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Language
English
Place of publication
United Kingdom
Dimensions
Height: 129 mm
Width: 198 mm
Thickness: 17 mm
Weight
212 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-9163986-8-9 (9781916398689)
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