Wuthering Heights by Emily J. Bronte (1963) Scholastic Library Edition

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Synopsis
Drawing on the Gothic tradition, Emily Bronte's WUTHERING HEIGHTS is the tale of Catherine Earnshaw, a wilfull and romantic girl brought up to be a lady, and Heathcliff, the mysterious gypsy orphan. Bronte's use of a series of unreliable narrators to unfold their story heightens the mythic quality of the passionate attachment that is at the heart of the book--a relationship that remains tempestuous to its end, and leaves its mark on future generations of their complicated families. The novel's innovative structure, full of sophisticated flashbacks and shifts in time, was ahead of its time, and the brilliant evocation of the Yorkshire moors, with their contrasting great houses--dark and terrible Wuthering Heights, serene and civilized Thrushcross Grange--is a brilliant example of scene-setting.

WUTHERING HEIGHTS is Emily Bronte's only novel--unless it is true that, upon her death, her sister Charlotte burned the manuscript of another. When the book was published (1847), it was considered odd, unpleasant, and slightly mad, but time has improved its reputation: WUTHERING HEIGHTS is widely acknowledged to be one of the greatest works of English literature.

In early nineteenth-century Yorkshire, the passionate attachment between a headstrong young girl and a foundling boy brought up by her father causes disaster for them and many others, even in the next generation.

TITLE:  Catch-22

Author:	Joseph Heller
Language:	English
Format:	Softcover Publisher:  Dell Publishing Date of Publication:  1965 Condition:  Acceptable--Cover has scuffs and creases plus a tiny tear; dents on cover-page 30, made by pencil perhaps?; one page creased; light tanning.  Text pages clean.  Additional Information about Catch-22 by Joseph Heller (1994, Hardcover, Limited) Portions of this page Copyright 1995 - 2012 Muze Inc. All rights reserved. Synopsis Joseph Heller's manic, bleak, blackly humorous, and brilliant novel has become a classic of American literature, and "Catch-22" has entered the language as a term describing a no-win situation. Set during the last months of World War II, the novel tells the story of an Air Force bombardier, the hapless Yossarian, who is convinced--quite rightly, of course--that people are trying to kill him. The famous "catch" is that the terrified Yossarian, who constantly and by increasingly inventive means tries to persuade his superiors that he is crazy and should be grounded, can't be grounded because his fear of dying proves that he is sane--and so he is assigned to more and more bombing missions. Heller makes the horrors of war, which include Yossarian's traumatized reliving of the particularly grisly death of a friend, into comedy with the help of a Dickensian cast of characters, including the elusive Major Major Major Major, the blackmarket profiteer Milo Minderbinder, the photographer Hungry Joe, and the wonderfully named parade-loving Lieutenant Scheisskopf. Based on Heller's own war experiences, CATCH-22 was published in 1961 and was considered shocking because it viewed World War II as anything but the glorious, romantic adventure depicted in many postwar movies and books. Heller's novel became one of the defining texts for Vietnam War protestors in the late '60s and early '70s because of its fierce, irreverent denunciation of war and bureaucracy. An interesting sidelight on the book is that Heller originally titled it CATCH-18, but the change was made because Leon Uris's WWII novel, MILA 18, had just been published. SHIPPING: Domestic--First Class Mail or Priority Mail. International--First Class International Mail. Domestic Multiple Item Shipping Discount: Heaviest book is at flat rate; shipping cost for each additional softcover book is 25 cents and for each additional hardcover book is 50 cents. Other items are flat rate for the heaviest item and $1 for each additional for each additional item. Fragile items are not shipped together. Please contact seller before you pay to request a combined invoice. NTERNATIONAL MULTIPLE ITEM SHIPPING : Packages 4 pounds and under are shipped with First Class International Mail. Packages over 4 pounds are shipped with Priority International Mail, UPS Standard to Canada, or by other applicable methods. Please contact the seller for a combined invoice before you pay to take advantage of the discount.