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A new trailer has dropped for Emerald Fennell\u2019s forthcoming Hollywood<\/a> adaptation of Emily Bront\u00eb\u2019s 1847 classic<\/a> Wuthering Heights.<\/p>\n Compared to the first teaser,<\/a> which was released a couple of months ago, the new trailer gives a more rounded picture of this tale of forbidden love and desire set against the backdrop of the Yorkshire moors.<\/p>\n The latest iteration of the period drama from the Saltburn and A Promising Young Woman director has been met with a mixed reception so far after many hit out at the initial casting of Barbie star Margot Robbie as Cathy and Euphoria and Frankenstein\u2019s Jacob Elordi as Heathcliff.<\/p>\n Fennell\u2019s Wuthering Heights has more contemporary aesthetics compared to traditional costumes dramas, along with soundtrack from Brat musician Charli XCX.<\/p>\n Many coming fresh to Wuthering Heights, and indeed the novel, are curious about the plot, here\u2019s everything you need to know about the original book.<\/p>\n The film may take creative liberties with the plot, and it appears to have done so already with the overall look of the piece.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n What is the plot of Wuthering Heights?<\/strong><\/p>\n The novel follows Heathcliff, an orphan found on the streets of Liverpool by Mr Earnshaw and taken to live with his family at Wuthering Heights.<\/p>\n He is brought up alongside the Earnshaws\u2019 children daughter Cathy and son Hindley.<\/p>\n Mr Earnshaw shows favouritism towards Heathcliff over his own children. This bias sees Hindley become abusive towards Heathcliff.<\/p>\n Heathcliff ends up becoming closer to Cathy and the pair fall in love over time.<\/p>\n However, due to his lack of social standing, Cathy and Heathcliff can never be together.<\/p>\n Instead, Cathy marries Edgar Linton despite confessing her love for Heathcliff to servant Nelly. After catching snatches of Cathy and Nelly\u2019s conversation, Healthcliff flees from Wuthering Heights.<\/p>\n Three years later, Heathcliff returns to Wuthering Heights now a gentleman of fortune and takes revenge on Cathy by engaging in a romance with Isabella Linton.<\/p>\n