Wuthering Heights is an 1847 novel by Emily Brontë, published under the
pseudonym Ellis Bell. It concerns two families of the landed gentry
living on the West Yorkshire moors, the Earnshaws and the Lintons, and
their turbulent relationships with Earnshaw's adopted son, Heathcliff. A
servant in the house of Wuthering Heights tells a traveller the
unfortunate tale of lovers Cathy and Heathcliff. The story of
unfortunate lovers Cathy (Merle Oberon) and Heathcliff (Sir Laurence
Olivier) who, despite a deep affection for one another, are forced by
circumstance and prejudice to live their lives apart.