Emily Brontë, the nineteenth century writer penned her one and only novel, Wuthering Heights in the year 1847. The novel delineates the trials and tribulations of Catherine Earnshaw and Heathcliff, a couple whose love story becomes the focus of the entire novel. However, the love that they share does not seem very healthy and borders on obsession as far as Heathcliff is concerned. Though Catherine too shares the same viewpoint, the fact that she manages to keep her emotions in check adds a modicum of sanity to the narrative. The name of the title comes from the manor that Catherine and Heathcliff grow up in. The love that Catherine and Heathcliff, share transcends the rigid class boundaries that existed in England during the nineteenth century. However, one needs to understand that the love that these two characters share ends not in gratification but in deprivation. It is the destructiveness of their love that moves the plot forward. Brontë’s life too was equally troubled, which might explain her pessimistic approach to the narrative in Wuthering Heights.