BRONTE, E.: Wuthering Heights (unabridged)

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Wuthering Heights (more info)
Janet McTeer, reader
Emily Bronte,
David Timson, reader


1. Chapter 1: 1801 – I have just returned from a visit to my landlord... - 2:59
2. Wuthering Heights is the name of Mr Heathcliff’s dwelling - 3:06
3. The apartment and furniture would have been nothing… - 2:55
4. I took a seat at the end of the hearthstone opposite… - 4:26
5. Chapter 2: Yesterday afternoon set in misty and cold - 2:18
6. The snow began to drive thickly - 2:25
7. Her position before me was sheltered from the light - 2:39
8. ‘You see, Sir, I am come, according to promise,’ - 2:49
9. Perceiving myself in a blunder, I attempted to correct it - 2:47
10. He fixed his eye on me longer than I cared to return the stare - 3:18
11. The little witch put a mock malignity into her beautiful eyes - 3:30
12. He sat within earshot, milking the cows… - 2:45
13. Chapter 3: While leading the way upstairs - 3:47
14. ‘An awful Sunday,’ commenced the paragraph beneath - 2:21
15. ‘Saying this, he compelled us so to square our positions…’ - 2:30
16. I began to nod drowsily over the dim page - 3:12
17. Oh, how weary I grew. How I writhed, and yawned - 3:03
18. This time, I remembered I was lying in the oak closet - 3:41
19. Heathcliff stood near the entrance - 2:10
20. Scarcely were these words uttered when I recollected… - 3:20
21. I obeyed, so far as to quit the chamber - 2:46
22. A more elastic footstep entered next - 2:22
23. Heathcliff lifted his hand, and the speaker sprang to a safer distance - 3:34

Wuthering Heights (more info)
Janet McTeer, reader
Emily Bronte,
David Timson, reader


1. Chapter 4: What vain weathercocks we are! - 2:46
2. ‘He had a son, it seems?’ - 2:54
3. The worthy woman bustled off, and I crouched nearer the fire - 3:01
4. We crowded round, and over Miss Cathy’s head I had a peep… - 3:06
5. He seemed a sullen, patient child - 5:13
6. Chapter 5: In the course of time Mr Earnshaw began to fail - 3:01
7. Certainly she had ways with her… - 2:47
8. But the hour came, at last - 3:17
9. Chapter 6: Mr Hindley came home to the funeral - 1:55
10. Young Earnshaw was altered considerably… - 3:37
11. ‘Where is Miss Catherine?’ I cried hurriedly - 3:23
12. ‘Hush, hush!’ I interrupted - 3:17
13. ‘While they examined me, Cathy came round’ - 2:06
14. Mrs Linton took off the grey cloak of the dairy-maid… - 2:03
15. Chapter 7: Cathy stayed at Thrushcross Grange five weeks… - 3:18
16. Cathy, catching a glimpse of her friend in his concealment - 2:52
17. Under these circumstances I remained solitary - 3:33
18. ‘Yes: you had the reason of going to bed with a proud heart…’ - 2:20
19. ‘A good heart will help to a bonny face, my lad,’ - 3:36
20. ‘You should not have spoken to him!’ - 2:12
21. In the evening we had a dance - 3:28
22. Thus interrupting herself, the housekeeper rose… - 1:26
23. ‘On the contrary, a tiresomely active one.’ - 2:37

Wuthering Heights (more info)
Janet McTeer, reader
Emily Bronte,
David Timson, reader


1. Chapter 8: On the morning of a fine June day… - 3:04
2. Poor soul! Till within a week of her death… - 3:33
3. Mrs Dean raised the candle, and I discerned a soft-featured face - 1:50
4. Mr Edgar seldom mustered courage… - 3:33
5. ‘Cathy, are you busy this afternoon?’ - 2:58
6. Her companion rose up - 2:58
7. ‘Catherine, love! Catherine!’ interposed Linton - 4:02
8. Chapter 9: He entered, vociferating oaths dreadful to hear - 2:56
9. Poor Hareton was squalling and kicking in his father’s arms… - 3:14
10. While saying this, he took a pint bottle of brandy from the dresser… - 2:35
11. He did not contradict me - 3:40
12. ‘I'm very far from jesting, Miss Catherine,’ - 2:09
13. She seated herself by me again - 3:19
14. Ere this speech ended I became sensible of Heathcliff’s presence - 2:31
15. ‘With your husband’s money, Miss Catherine?’ - 4:10
16. ‘I want to speak to him, and I must, before I go upstairs,’ - 2:57
17. About midnight, while we still sat up - 2:49
18. Coming down somewhat later than usual - 3:38
19. ‘I never saw Heathcliff last night,’ - 1:46
20. Our young lady returned to us - 3:31
21. Chapter 10: A charming introduction to a hermit’s life! - 2:42
22. I got Miss Catherine and myself to Thrushcross Grange - 2:50
23. It was a deep voice, and foreign in tone - 3:35
24. ‘What does he want?’ asked Mrs Linton - 2:41
25. She was about to dart off again - 2:22
26. He took a seat opposite Catherine - 3:16

Wuthering Heights (more info)
Janet McTeer, reader
Emily Bronte,
David Timson, reader


1. About the middle of the night, I was wakened… - 3:09
2. ‘What do you think of his going to Wuthering Heights?’ - 2:55
3. In this self-complacent conviction she departed - 2:39
4. We had all remarked, during some time - 3:11
5. ‘I wouldn’t be you for a kingdom, then!’ - 2:33
6. ‘Banish him from your thoughts, miss,’ - 2:30
7. Whether she would have got over this fancy… - 2:52
8. As the guest answered nothing - 5:38
9. Chapter 11: Sometimes, while meditating on these things… - 2:57
10. ‘God bless thee, darling!’ - 3:28
11. The next time Heathcliff came - 4:35
12. ‘I seek no revenge on you,’ - 1:47
13. ‘Ellen,’ said he, when I entered - 3:03
14. Heathcliff measured the height and breadth of the speaker… - 2:42
15. The fellow approached… - 1:53
16. ‘I’m nearly distracted, Nelly!’ - 4:20
17. She rang the bell till it broke with a twang - 2:35
18. Chapter 12: While Miss Linton moped about the park… - 2:42
19. I should not have spoken so if I had known her true condition - 2:29
20. She could not bear the notion which I had put into her head… - 3:50
21. I took her hand in mine - 2:53
22. ‘Well, it seems a weary number of hours,’ - 3:21
23. ‘You won’t give me a chance of life, you mean,’ - 2:16
24. Perceiving it vain to argue against her insanity - 2:53
25. ‘Catherine, what have you done?’ - 2:59

Wuthering Heights (more info)
Janet McTeer, reader
Emily Bronte,
David Timson, reader


1. In passing the garden to reach the road - 3:05
2. ‘Heathcliff frequently visits at the Grange,’ - 3:07
3. I did not close my eyes that night - 3:48
4. Chapter 13: For two months the fugitives remained absent - 2:41
5. Linton lavished on her the kindest caresses - 3:35
6. The remainder of this letter is for you alone - 2:30
7. ‘This is Edgar’s legal nephew,’ - 2:32
8. ‘My name was Isabella Linton,’ - 2:50
9. I sat and thought a doleful time - 3:56
10. You’ve acquainted me, Ellen, with your old master’s habits - 3:14
11. ‘I shall have my supper in another room,’ - 2:42
12. He made no reply to this adjuration - 2:26
13. And so he went on scolding to his den beneath - 3:18
14. Chapter 14: As soon as I had perused this epistle… - 3:22
15. ‘Oh, I have nothing,’ I replied - 2:41
16. ‘With your aid that may be avoided,’ - 3:39
17. ‘My young lady is looking sadly the worse…’ - 2:30
18. If I let you alone for half a day - 3:21
19. ‘There – that will do for the present!’ - 2:37
20. I protested against playing that treacherous part… - 4:15
21. Chapter 15: Another week over - 2:54
22. A book lay spread on the sill before her - 2:57
23. As I spoke, I observed a large dog… - 3:45

Wuthering Heights (more info)
Janet McTeer, reader
Emily Bronte,
David Timson, reader


1. The two, to a cool spectator - 3:02
2. ‘Oh, you see Nelly, he would not relent…’ - 2:57
3. ‘You teach me now how cruel you’ve been…’ - 2:41
4. Ere long I perceived a group of the servants… - 4:29
5. Chapter 16: About twelve o’clock that night… - 3:22
6. Do you believe such people are happy in the other world, sir? - 2:05
7. I was weeping as much for him as her - 3:40
8. He dashed his head against the knotted trunk - 3:19
9. Chapter 17: That Friday made the last of our fine days… - 2:47
10. ‘My dear young lady,’ I exclaimed - 3:36
11. ‘Do you think he could bear to see me grow fat and merry’ - 2:53
12. ‘Yesterday, you know, Mr Earnshaw…’ - 2:47
13. ‘Yester-evening I sat in my nook reading some old books…’ - 3:32
14. ‘He took the implements which I described to you…’ - 3:30
15. ‘I’m afraid, Ellen, you’ll set me down as really wicked;’ - 3:08
16. ‘He shook me till my teeth rattled,’ - 2:16
17. ‘Heathcliff did not glance my way,’ - 3:36
18. ‘Oh, if God would but give me strength,’ - 3:03
19. ‘In my flight through the kitchen…’ - 2:49
20. On the day succeeding Isabella’s unexpected visit - 3:16
21. But you’ll not want to hear my moralizing - 2:38
22. Mr Linton was extremely reluctant to consent - 2:32
23. I insisted on the funeral being respectable - 3:02

Wuthering Heights (more info)
Janet McTeer, reader
Emily Bronte,
David Timson, reader


1. Chapter 18: The twelve years following that dismal period… - 2:47
2. ‘Ellen, how long will it be…’ - 3:46
3. He was away three weeks - 2:35
4. You may guess how I felt at hearing this news - 2:52
5. ‘Put that hat on, and home at once,’ - 2:56
6. ‘Who is his master?’ - 2:30
7. ‘Oh, Ellen! don’t let them say such things,’ - 3:52
8. It gave Joseph satisfaction, apparently - 3:38
9. Chapter 19: A letter, edged with black - 3:34
10. ‘Now, darling,’ said Mr Linton - 2:09
11. He had been greatly tried, during the journey - 2:31
12. ‘Good evening, Joseph,’ I said, coldly - 3:20
13. Chapter 20: To obviate the danger of this threat being fulfilled - 2:22
14. ‘Is she to go with us,’ - 2:53
15. ‘Black hair and eyes!’ mused Linton - 2:57
16. Heathcliff, having stared his son into an ague… - 2:51
17. ‘Well,’ replied I, ‘I hope you’ll be kind to the boy,’ - 4:48
18. Chapter 21: We had sad work with little Cathy that day.’ - 2:47
19. I divined, from this account… - 2:50
20. ‘Well,’ said I, ‘Where are your moor-game, Miss Cathy?’ - 2:54
21. I whispered Catherine that she mustn’t… - 2:36
22. Heathcliff bade me be quiet - 3:04
23. ‘Naughty Ellen!’ - 3:04
24. ‘Wouldn’t you rather sit here?’ - 2:58
25. ‘I’ve a pleasure in him,’ he continued - 2:43

Wuthering Heights (more info)
Janet McTeer, reader
Emily Bronte,
David Timson, reader


1. Linton gathered his energies, and left the hearth - 3:20
2. We stayed till afternoon… - 2:30
3. ‘Then you believe I care more for my own feelings than yours…’ - 3:37
4. ‘I’m not crying for myself, Ellen,’ - 3:03
5. One day, as she inspected this drawer - 2:46
6. Her father sat reading at the table - 1:52
7. ‘I didn’t, I didn’t!’ sobbed Cathy - 3:16
8. Chapter 22: Summer drew to an end - 2:41
9. In summer Miss Catherine delighted to climb along these trunks - 3:14
10. ‘Aunt Isabella had not you and me to nurse her,’ - 2:35
11. Catherine amused herself with dancing to and fro… - 3:05
12. Catherine Linton (the very name warms me) - 4:27
13. Chapter 23: The rainy night had ushered in a misty morning - 2:45
14. I stirred up the cinders - 2:49
15. ‘I wish you would say Catherine, or Cathy,’ - 3:00
16. ‘Hush, Master Heathcliff!,’ - 2:35
17. ‘Since you are in the habit of passing dreadful nights,’ - 3:23
18. ‘But you’ve made yourself ill by crying…’ - 2:50
19. My companion waxed serious at hearing this speech - 2:58
20. Chapter 24: At the close of three weeks… - 2:06
21. The moon shone bright - 3:59
22. ‘On my second visit Linton seemed in lively spirits,’ - 2:24

Wuthering Heights (more info)
Janet McTeer, reader
Emily Bronte,
David Timson, reader


1. ‘After sitting still an hour,’ - 3:06
2. ‘The fool stared,’ - 3:03
3. ‘He swore at us, and left Linton no time to answer,’ - 3:01
4. ‘Ellen, I was ready to tear my hair off my head!’ - 3:44
5. ‘Sit down and take your hat off, Catherine,’ - 4:19
6. Chapter 25: ‘These things happened last winter, sir,’ - 2:30
7. ‘I’ve prayed often,’ - 4:21
8. Edgar, though he felt for the boy… - 2:24
9. Chapter 26: Summer was already past its prime… - 3:01
10. Linton did not appear to remember what she talked of - 3:09
11. Linton looked at me, but did not answer - 4:21
12. Chapter 27: Seven days glided away - 2:22
13. We discerned Linton watching at the same spot… - 3:23
14. My young lady, on witnessing his intense anguish - 3:32
15. Linton had sunk prostrate again… - 3:13
16. ‘You shall have tea before you go home,’ - 2:45
17. At this diabolical violence I rushed on him furiously - 3:38
18. ‘Take you with her, pitiful changeling!’ - 3:42
19. ‘I am afraid now,’ - 4:54
20. He shrugged his shoulders - 3:58

Wuthering Heights (more info)
Janet McTeer, reader
Emily Bronte,
David Timson, reader


1. Chapter 28: On the fifth morning, or rather afternoon - 2:55
2. ‘Is she gone?’ - 2:41
3. ‘Is Mr Heathcliff out?’ - 3:01
4. I considered it best to depart without seeing Mr Heathcliff - 3:20
5. Happily, I was spared the journey… - 4:54
6. Chapter 29: The evening after the funeral - 3:23
7. ‘Why not let Catherine continue here,’ - 4:13
8. ‘You were very wicked, Mr Heathcliff!’ - 3:41
9. You may laugh, if you will - 4:34
10. Chapter 30: I have paid a visit to the Heights - 3:06
11. ‘At last, one night she came boldly into my chamber,’ - 2:47
12. Heathcliff went up once, to show her Linton’s will - 4:17
13. ‘That was a great advance for the lad.’ - 2:36
14. ‘“What could I ha’ done?”’ - 2:27
15. Chapter 31: Yesterday was bright, calm, and frosty - 2:19
16. ‘A letter from your old acquaintance,’ - 3:15
17. Earnshaw blushed crimson… - 2:47
18. But his self-love would endure no further torment - 5:29
19. Chapter 32: 1802 – This September I was invited… - 3:57
20. Wuthering Heights was the goal of my proposed excursion - 3:22
21. The task was done, not free from further blunders - 3:26

Wuthering Heights (more info)
Janet McTeer, reader
Emily Bronte,
David Timson, reader


1. ‘Heathcliff dead!’ - 2:17
2. Catherine, contented at first, in a brief space grew irritable… - 4:21
3. Mr Heathcliff, who grew more and more disinclined to society - 2:08
4. Before he could attempt to recover it - 3:15
5. Whether the kiss convinced Hareton, I cannot tell - 2:28
6. The work they studied was full of costly pictures - 2:40
7. Chapter 33: On the morrow of that Monday - 3:14
8. Hareton looked at his plate - 3:48
9. The master seemed confounded a moment - 2:39
10. I led my young lady out - 2:46
11. While I admired and they laboured, dusk drew on - 3:15
12. ‘Nelly, there is a strange change approaching;’ - 3:00
13. ‘But what do you mean by a change, Mr Heathcliff?’ - 3:08
14. Chapter 34: For some days after that evening… - 2:42
15. ‘Will you have some breakfast?’ - 3:40
16. ‘Is there some new reason for this banishment?’ - 2:35
17. I hurried out in a foolish state of dread - 2:16
18. Dawn restored me to common sense - 3:44
19. The hours crept anxiously by - 3:10
20. ‘It is not my fault that I cannot eat or rest,’ - 2:44
21. As soon as he heard the other members of the family… - 3:10
22. I hasped the window - 3:38
23. ‘What is the matter, my little man?’ - 3:52

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