The second edition was published in at the end of 1850, and the present copy has the second state 1851 title page: "After printing the 1850 title page, the publishers probably decided to change the year to 1851 because of the late date of publication (December 1850). The exact number of copies printed is unknown, but it is suggested by Charlotte in a letter of 13 September 1850 that the 1847 first edition print run of Wuthering Heights and Agnes Grey was limited to just 250 copies. The immediate and enormous success of Jane Eyre prompted Thomas Cautley Newby to bring forward the release of the present works in order to capitalize on the phenomenon. Although both Wuthering Heights and Agnes Grey were written and accepted for publication before Charlotte had completed Jane Eyre, it was the latter work which would be published first. Second English edition of Emily Brontë’s classic novel, one of the greatest and most enduringly popular works in the English language.
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