Emily Bronte was born in 1818 in Thornton, Yorkshire. Her father, the Reverend Patrick Bronte had married Maria Branwell in 1812 and had already published a number of books himself. In 1820 he moved to the small town of Howarth where he served as a rector and chairman of the parish committee. After her mother died Emily spent most of her time reading with her two sisters, Anne and Charlotte and their brother Branwell.

Howarth is placed at the edge of a large area of moorland, which is said to be the setting for Emily's only novel, `Wuthering Heights'. This classic piece of literature was published in 1847 and has many features of a gothic novel, the most obvious of these being the madness, the supernatural and even the buildings and scenery in which the story is set.

The novel has a series of narratives and in the opening paragraph we are...