Wuthering Heights - A truly romantic novel Wuthering Heights embodies the idea of ​​a classic romantic novel. Written at a time when the novel was just becoming a popular form of entertainment/writing, Wuthering Heights employs many of the elements typical of romantic writers. There are elements of innovative experimentation in subject matter, form and style, a blending of genres, the use of powerful emotions and several strokes that could also classify Wuthering Heights as a "dark" romantic piece. The “dark” romance reveals itself in the strange/non-normative story, supernatural elements, and gothic setting. When it was originally printed, the author of WH (Emily Bronte under the pen name Ellis Bell) was widely criticized for writing a piece of work with such blatant tones of mental disturbance. One reviewer, compared Wuthering Heights to Jane Eyre saying that "Wuthering Heights casts upon the mind a darkness that is not easily dispelled" (WH 300) while Jane Eyre manages to provide some cathartic element that offers its reader a release. While obviously not loved by everyone, WH's subject matter was new and unique for its time, offering a break from traditional literary works such as Paradise Lost or Gulliver's Travels which often included a strong underlying moral or political message. has a unique style; it is a story within a story. Lockwood is the narrator who has direct contact with the audience while Nellie Dean takes care of most of the storytelling, although she never directly conveys the information to the readers. Most stories, before Wuthering Heights, had a single narrator, typically a first-person narrative, who guided readers through the story... in the center of the paper... as reflected in the moment it was written . One reviewer criticized it for its lack of realistic elements stating that "a few glimpses of the sun would have increased the reality of the picture and given strength rather than weakness to the whole" (WH 300). Unfortunately these could be very realistic pieces of a person's life if they fell in love with the wrong person at that moment. Revenge is also a predominant theme; perhaps few people would be so willing to go as far as Heathcliff, but the overall theme is very realistically inspired. Works Cited Damrosch, David, et al., ed. The Longman Anthology of British Literature: Vol. B. Compact ed. New York: Longman - Addison Wesley Longman, 2000. Bronte, Emily. Wuthering Heights. Norton Criticism ed. 3rd ed. Ed. William M. Sale, Jr. and Richard J. Dunn. New York: W. W. Norton, 1990.