《呼啸山庄》在很多方面是粗糙的,其写作技巧不是尽善尽美的;然而这本书仍然不失为一本深刻感人的书。故事发生在约克郡的荒野里,这一背景很象哈代的《还乡》里的背景——爱敦荒原。但是《呼啸山庄》里的人物较之《还乡》里的人物更深地扎根于荒野的土壤里。夏洛蒂·勃朗特用以下的印象主义的然而颇为贴切的话概括出她妹妹所写的这本小说的特色: Wuthering Heights is rough in many ways and its writing skills are not perfect; however, it is still a deeply moving book. The story takes place in the wilderness of Yorkshire, much as the background of Harding’s “homecoming” - the Irving Wasteland. But the characters in Wuthering Heights are more deeply rooted in the wilderness than the characters in “returning home.” Charlotte Bronte outlines the features of the novel written by her sister, using the following impressions of the Impressionist rather aptly: