Catherine and Heathcliff grow up together. The dark-haired homeless boy that Catherine's father, Mr. Earnshaw, brought home will become her playmate and the love of her life. After Mr. Earnshaw's death, Catherine's brother humiliates and degrades Heathcliff, depriving him of education and any opportunity for advancement. Believing that Heathcliff is unworthy of her, Catherine decides to marry someone else, and Heathcliff, bitter, leaves the house.
When he returns a few years later, Heathcliff's transformation is impressive. However, behind his refined manners, he conceals an unquenchable hatred for those who humiliated him and made him suffer. His diabolical mind devises a terrible plan of revenge that will ultimately destroy himself.
The novel was published in 1847 and is a captivating, stormy love story. In the wild nature of the English north, in a misty, melancholic yet threatening landscape, the cursed love of Catherine and Heathcliff is born. A love that will bring unhappiness to the two heroes and those close to them.