Is Wuthering Heights hard to read? Its reading level from A1 to C2
How many words in every 100 you will probably not know, at each level from A1 to C2. Estimated over the whole book with Solaread’s own word-difficulty model.
- Author
- Emily Brontë
- First published
- 1847
- Length
- About 113,000 words
- Copyright
- Public domain
Short answer
Just right only at C2: 4.1 new words in every 100. At B1 it is too hard, 12.1 in 100. It is the fourth hardest of the 20 English classics we measured.
New words per 100, by level
Estimated over all 113,055 running words. Character names are left out. The labels follow Solaread’s difficulty scale: Easy means knowing 98 of every 100 words, Just right 95, A little hard 90, and below that Too hard.
Wuthering Heights vocabulary by level
At A2
- cry169×
- reply132×
- till151×
- height101×
- master207×
- exclaim77×
- papa74×
- cousin67×
- shall196×
- sit129×
- servant57×
- lay71×
The 12 words an A2 reader is most likely to stop at in this book, with how often each appears. Together they are about 4% of the new words at this level.
At B1
- exclaim77×
- papa74×
- mistress52×
- inquire41×
- countenance39×
- mutter38×
- moor36×
- lad46×
- upstairs44×
- commence35×
- perceive37×
- gaze36×
The 12 words a B1 reader is most likely to stop at in this book, with how often each appears. Together they are about 4% of the new words at this level.
At B2
- exclaim77×
- countenance39×
- mutter38×
- inquire41×
- moor36×
- hearth27×
- scarcely29×
- affirm25×
- sob25×
- oblige23×
- compel25×
- tremble22×
The 12 words a B2 reader is most likely to stop at in this book, with how often each appears. Together they are about 4% of the new words at this level.
The opening lines
1801—I have just returned from a visit to my landlord—the solitary neighbour that I shall be troubled with. This is certainly a beautiful country! In all England, I do not believe that I could have fixed on a situation so completely removed from the stir of society. A perfect misanthropist’s Heaven—and Mr. Heathcliff and I are such a suitable pair to divide the desolation between us. A capital fellow! He little imagined how my heart warmed towards him when I beheld his black eyes withdraw so suspiciously under their brows, as I rode up, and when his fingers sheltered themselves, with a jealous resolution, still further in his waistcoat, as I announced my name.
“Mr. Heathcliff?” I said.
Open the free EPUB in Solaread and the words it marks follow your own level, with glosses in the language you choose.
Books with a similar level
- The Time Machine11.7 new words per 100 at B1
- Jane Eyre12.0 at B1
- Heart of Darkness12.2 at B1
Questions
Is Wuthering Heights hard to read?
At B1 it is too hard, with 12.1 new words in every 100 (about one in 8). It is just right only at C2.
What is the reading level of Wuthering Heights?
On Solaread’s scale it is just right only at C2, and the fourth hardest of the 20 English classics we measured. At B2, 8.0 in every 100 words are new.
Where can I get Wuthering Heights for free?
It is in the public domain. Project Gutenberg has a free EPUB you can import into Solaread.
Read it with help only where you need it
Import the free EPUB. Solaread marks the words you probably don’t know, at your level.