Wuthering Heights

概要

エミリー・ブロンテ（1818-1848）著。
シェイクスピアの『リア王』、メルヴィルの『白鯨』と並び称される『世界三大悲劇』の一つ。

その愛には、嵐が潜んでいる――
『嵐が丘』は、愛と憎しみが渦を巻く《文学史上もっとも危険な恋》を描いた永遠の名作。二重語りが生む謎、嵐が丘の荒涼とした空気、ヒースクリフの破滅的な情熱。19世紀に突如現れた《異常値の傑作》が、今も読む者の心を揺さぶり続ける。

《あらすじ》
イングランドの荒野に佇む屋敷「嵐が丘」。孤児ヒースクリフは、屋敷の娘キャサリンと深く愛し合いながらも、身分の壁に阻まれ引き裂かれる。失意のなか失踪した彼は、数年後、莫大な富と冷酷な復讐心を胸に帰還した。標的は、二人を翻弄したすべての者。死すら超越する、あまりにも激しく、あまりにも切ない愛の結末とは――。

Overview

The original English edition of Wuthering Heights, by Emily Brontë (1818-1848), a work long spoken of beside Shakespeare's "King Lear" and Melville's "Moby-Dick," as one of the world's greatest tragedies.

Within that love, a storm lies hidden—
For Wuthering Heights is an eternal tale of passion and ruin, where love and hatred coil together like tempest winds. Its twin voices, its desolate moorland air, and Heathcliff's fierce and consuming ardor have marked this strange and singular masterpiece since the 19th century, and still it shakes the hearts of all who dare to read it.

Synopsis
Amid the desolate moors of England stands the solitary estate known as Wuthering Heights. There, the orphan Heathcliff grows up alongside Catherine, the daughter of the house, and the two form a bond of profound and perilous love. Yet the rigid barriers of social class tear them apart. Crushed by despair, Heathcliff disappears—only to return years later, transformed by immense wealth and a chilling resolve for revenge. His targets are all those who once manipulated and divided the two. What awaits is a love so fierce, so sorrowful, that it seems to defy even death itself.