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Type of bind: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 823.8
EAN num: 9780141439556
ISBN number: 0141439556
Label: Penguin Classics
Manufacturer: Penguin Classics
Quantity: 1
Page Count: 416
Printing Date: December 31, 2002
Publishing house: Penguin Classics
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Published a year before her death at the age of thirty, Emily Brontë's only novel is set in the wild, bleak Yorkshire Moors. Depicting the relationship of Cathy and Heathcliff, Wuthering Heights creates a world of its own, conceived with an instinct for poetry and for the dark depths of human psychology.
Edited with an Introduction and Notes by Pauline Nestor
New Preface by Lucasta Miller
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Did not like this at all. The fact that it was short was the only reason I finished it. I am not too sure what the appeal of this book is to others.
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"Wuthering Heights" is one of the true classic romantic novels for all time. Emily Bronte's novel was controversial at the time because of the lovers who defied social mores,and that Heathcliff was an anti-hero. It's the original gothic novel. Stephenie Meyer claims to be an heiress to Bronte,even having her heroine Bella read "Wuthering Heights",but can't hold a candle to the classic.
"Wuthering Heights" has a simple premise. Catherine's father adopts a gypsy boy,Heathcliff. The two have a bond like brother and sister,but as they grow older it becomes more romantic. Catherine marries the gentle,kind,aristocratic Edgar despite the fact Heathcliff passionately desires her. Their love remains ambiguous. Did they have a mutual longing for death? Heathcliff is abusive to Catherine,avoiding her when she pines for him,wishes she were in Hell after she dies,and abuses his children. Did their love have a sexual element,making the lovers at the end unknowing half-siblings,the children of the same mother but different fathers? Some have argued that Cathy&Heathcliff's love is so metaphysical they never shared the bed,and that Cathy despises sex anyhow. Cathy's passion for the moors drives her to mental,then physical illness.
"Wuthering Heights" is as beautiful and fierce now as it was back in the 19th century. Bronte powerfully evokes the wilderness,as well as the cruelty,obsession,and passion between her leads. The moors remain as wild today.
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This novel is far from what I expected.
I had listened to many of my friends judge Cathy and Heathcliff very harshly, and I went into the book expecting to explore the evilness of human nature. Instead, I found that Bronte broke barriers by producing two very real characters.
Cathy and Heathcliff's story explores the consequences to the character's decisions. Bronte does not gloss over the reasons for the decisions (money, greed, breeding, retaliation, etc), but those reasons play a minimal role. Instead, she chooses to show how a human reacts to a good/bad decision, and when life doesn't go his or her way.
My suggestion for reading Wuthering Heights is to place yourself in Cathy and Heathcliff's shoes and figure out if there was another choice for their behavior.
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(Like the curmudgeonly CAT in the COMIC...get it?)
Great old-style classic novel. One of Henry Miller's favorites; that's what attracted me to it.
I liked the style of the narrative, largely told through the reminiscences of the housekeeper Nelly. This is one dysfunctional family!
Like many novels from this period it's all about the interpersonal relationships; there isn't anything external happening to anyone here of any particular consequence. But the masterful storytelling and imaginings of the authoress really do make this a worthwhile and rewarding literary journey.
Read it! Classics rule!
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Although some of the plot elements seem preposterous yesterday the story remains a great read. What a love story! A great tale of people sometimes setting in motion awful events due to their desire to do what they see as right in their own eyes. Recommended. Well-written.
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