Emily Bronte's Wuthering Heights is a Victorian novel. It was published during the Victorian era (1847). Like most Victorian novels, it:

1. Explores the issue of class and the social hierarchy. Characters like Heathcliff struggle against the constraints of their social class.

2. It explores the human psyche. The novel's characters are emotionally intense, with Heathcliff and Catherine's obsessive love and inner turmoil being central to the narrative. 

3. It contains Gothic elements, such as the supernatural and the darker aspects of human nature