Analysis of Wuthering Heights “Wuthering Heights is a strange and inartistic story” (Atlas, WH p. 299). “Wurnwind Heights is a strange sort of book” (Douglas, WH p.301). “It’s a strange book” (Examiner, WH p.302). “His work [Wuthering Heights] is strangely original” (Britannia, WH p.305). These brief quotes show that early reviewers of the first edition of Emily Brontë's Wuthering Heights found the novel confusing in its meaning - they each separately agreed that no moral existed in the story and that it was therefore considered to have no real literary value. The original critical reviews had very little praise for the unknown author or the novel. Critics have grudgingly acknowledged elements of Wuthering Heights that could be considered strengths – such as "robust power" and "unconscious force" (Atlas, WH p.299), "aimless power" (Douglas , WH p.301), “evidence” of considerable power” (Examiner), “power and originality” (Britannia, WH p.305). Strange and Powerful are two recurring critical interpretations of the novel. Critics did not attempt to provide an in-depth analysis of the work, simply because they felt that the meaning or moral of the story was either entirely absent or seriously confused. The authorship of Wuthering Heights has been the subject of much discussion by critics. They believed that the work was the fruit of the efforts of an inexperienced and inexperienced writer. Critics, in my opinion, would have expressed even harsher judgments if it was known that the author was in fact a young woman. “In Wuthering Heights, the reader is shocked, disgusted, almost sickened by details of cruelty, inhumanity and the most diabolical hatred and revenge…” (Douglas, WH p. 302). If this reviewer had known the true identity of the author, his barely concealed aversion to the work would have had no constraint. Charlotte Brontë assumed the role of intermediary between her late sister and the perplexed and hostile readers of Wuthering Heights (Sale and Dunn, WH p.267). Charlotte attempted to provide Emily's readers with a more complete perspective of her sister and her works. She selectively included biographical information and critical commentary in the revised 1850 edition of Wuthering Heights, which allowed the reader to better appreciate Emily Brontë's works. Charlotte defended her younger sister's efforts and believed that Emily's inexperience and inexperienced hand were her only faults. Charlotte explains much of Emily's character to readers through the disclosure of biographical information..