Wuthering Heights, by Emily Bronte

Emily Bronte wrote only one novel, but what a novel! The obsessive love shared by Cathy and Heathcliff affects all those around them over two generations in this stark but beautiful book - sometimes bleak but always powerful, some of the most moving and passionate writing of the 19th century.

Heathcliffe and Cathy's wild romance, the moors, jealousy, revenge, this book has everything. Darker that such books as Pride and Prejudice but I love being swept away every now and again when I pick this up.