Victorian Female Literature Emily Bronte Emily Bronte had a very isolated life. Despite this reclusive lifestyle her famous novel “Wuthering Heights” provides interesting views of relationships and personal motivation. The tale is told through the perspective of two characters providing different insights into the tale. The story provides themes of love, jealousy, hate, and issues of social class evident in the Victorian period. The language of “Wuthering Heights” formal with descriptive qualities that reflect the prejudice of social classes, such as “Mr. Heathcliff forms a singular contrast to his abode and style of living. He is a dark-skinned gypsy in aspect, in dress and manners a gentleman, that is, as much a gentleman as many a country squire: rather slovenly” (Bronte, 1847, ch. 1). Future writers, such as Anne Carson, were influenced by great works of the past.
