Emily Brontë’s dark gothic tale of passion, desperation and a fierce obsession which haunts two generations across the desolate Yorkshire Moors, is reimagined through the never-before-published illustrations of Edna Clarke Hall.
In her day, Edna Clarke Hall (1879-1979) was described as "the most imaginative artist in England". A series and talented draughtswoman in the circle of Augustus and Gwen John, her creative ambitions were dampened by an unhappy marriage. Wuthering Heights allowed her to imagine a world beyond her own trappings and she obsessively drew scenes from this enduring tale for more than thirty years.
For the first time, a selection of these drawings and etchings, drawn from private collections and the archives of national museums (Tate, the Ashmolean, Nottingham Museums, Manchester Art Gallery, National Museum Wales) are published alongside the novel for the first time.
Art critic and writer Dr Eliza Goodpasture (the Guardian, Art in America, Artnews) introduces this all-but-forgotten woman artist and the power of one of the most enduring texts in English literature.
