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"It would degrade me to marry Heathcliff now..." <p>Cathy's immortal words from Wuthering Heights change Heathcliff's life. At just seventeen years of age, heartbroken and penniless, he runs away to face an unknown future. <p>Three years later, he returns - much improved in manners, appearance and prosperity. <p>But what happened during those years? How could he have made his fortune, from nothing? Who might his parents have been? And what fate turned him into literature's most famous anti-hero? <p>For almost two centuries, these questions have remained unanswered. Until now...