9781434000354
Nelly Dean: a Return to Wuthering Heights
β Scribed by Alison Case
- Publisher
- Pegasus Books;W W Norton & Co Inc
- Year
- 2016
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 271 KB
- Category
- Fiction
- ISBN
- 1681771055
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β¦ Synopsis
A gripping and heartbreaking novel that re-imagines life at Wuthering Heights through the eyes of the Earnshaws' loyal servant, Nelly Dean.
Young Nelly Dean has been Hindley's closest companion for as long as she can remember, living freely at the great house, Wuthering Heights. But when the benevolence of the master brings a wild child into the house, Nelly learns she must follow in her mother's footsteps, be called "servant" and give herself over completely to the demands of the Earnshaw family.
But Nelly is not the only one who finds her life disrupted by this strange newcomer. As death, illness, and passion sweep through the house, Nelly suffers heartache and betrayals at the hands of those she cherishes most, tempting her to leave it all behind. But when a new heir is born, a reign of violence begins that will test even Nelly's formidable spirit as she finds out what it is to know true sacrifice.
Nelly Dean is a wonderment of storytelling and an...
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