'I’m wearying to escape into that glorious world, and to be always there: not seeing it dimly through tears, and yearning for it through the walls of an aching heart: but really with it, and in it.'

As darkness falls, a man caught in a snowstorm is forced to shelter at the strange, grim house Wuthering Heights. It is a place he will never forget. There he will come to learn the story of Cathy: how she was forced to choose between her well-meaning husband and the dangerous man she had loved since she was young. How her choice led to betrayal and terrible revenge - and continues to torment those in the present. How love can transgress authority, convention, even death.

Why Novel North recommends

‘Wuthering Heights magnifies is gothic, passionate and embodies wilderness - set in the dark and atmospheric moors, nature is almost a character in itself.  Drawing you into the gothic wilderness of Brontë's larger than life protagonists.’

Author : Emily Brontë 

Edition : Penguin Clothbound Classic, Hardback, 416 pages

ISBN : 9780141040356

Weight: 534g
Dimensions: 204 x 138 x 38mm

'Every moment has its pleasures and its hope.'

Fanny Price's rich relatives offer her a place in their home so that she can be properly brought up. However, Fanny's childhood is a lonely one as she is never allowed to forget her position. Her only ally is her cousin Edmund. When her cousins befriend two glamorous new young people who have arrived in the area, Henry and Mary Crawford, Edmund starts to grow close to Mary and Fanny finds herself dealing with feelings she has never experienced before.

Author : Jane Austen

Edition : Vintage Classics, Paperback, 560 pages

ISBN : 9780099589280

Weight: 409g
Dimensions: 178 x 129 x 34mm

'It is not possible to know how far the influence of any amiable honest-hearted duty-doing man flies out into the world; but it is very possible to know how it has touched ones self in going by'

Pip doesn't expect much from life...His sister makes it clear that her orphaned little brother is nothing but a burden on her. But suddenly things begin to change. Pip's narrow existence is blown apart when he finds an escaped criminal, is summoned to visit a mysterious old woman and meets the icy beauty Estella. Most astoundingly of all, an anonymous person gives him money to begin a new life in London.
Are these events as random as they seem? Or does Pip's fate hang on a series of coincidences he could never have expected?

Why Novel North recommends

‘The above quote is one of my favourites from Great Expectations. It’s a story, as you’d imagine, of expectations, both met and misjudged. Narrated with observation and wit, the story is filled with mystery and adventure. Each read bringing a new understanding.’

Author : Charles Dickens

Edition : Penguin Clothbound Classic, Hardback, 544 pages

ISBN : 9780141040363

Weight: 665g
Dimensions: 204 x 138 x 47mm

'Seldom, very seldom, does complete truth belong to any human disclosure; seldom can it happen that something is not a little disguised or a little mistaken.'

Emma is young, rich and independent. She has decided not to get married and instead spends her time organising her acquaintances' love affairs. Her plans for the matrimonial success of her new friend Harriet, however, lead her into complications that ultimately test her own detachment from the world of romance.

Why Novel North Recommends

‘Emma is a wonderfully people driven novel, filled with incredibly well articulated and complex characters, narrated with wit and charm.’

Author : Jane Austen

Edition : Vintage Classics, Paperback, 574 pages

ISBN : 9780099589273

Weight: 418g
Dimensions: 178 x 129 x 35mm