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Is Heathcliff white?

This article first appeared in Book Gossip, a newsletter about what the literati are really thinking. Sign up here to get it in your inbox every month. At the L.A. premiere of Wuthering Heights last ...
Heathcliff has haunted the Yorkshire moors for nearly two centuries, but readers still debate one basic question: who, exactly, is he? While film and TV adaptations have often portrayed him as white, ...
Jacob Elordi’s portrayal of the infamous Heathcliff in the new ‘Wuthering Heights’ movie has fans speaking out about the character’s alleged Black origins and Hollywood’s whitewashing. Yes, you read ...
There’s vibrant color, engaging imagery and a strong sense of subversiveness. And at the center of Carole Caroompas’ posthumous exhibit at Laguna Art Museum is Heathcliff. But this is no “Wuthering ...