But just how much of the original novel is left in the recent big-screen adaptation of Wuthering Heights? AdvertisementBrontë’s Wuthering Heights is less a romance and more a supernatural warning about intergenerational trauma. The book suggests that he leaves Cathy and Wuthering Heights aged 16 and returns three years later, rather than the five described in the film. While Wuthering Heights is, in many ways, tamer than Saltburn, her adaptation was still much racier than the source material. “Wuthering Heights is an extremely sexy book,” Emerald said during a recent appearance on the podcast Happy Sad Confused.

Source: Huffington Post February 28, 2026 07:41 UTC