Wuthering Heights in Classics Without All the Class

Oct 19, 2016 Zara Arshad rated it really liked it

Shelves: classics, i-need-a-tissue, historical-drama

Ever since I started reading, this title was ingrained into my memory. I have an aim to read all the classics in my lifetime and I feel so satisfied having completed this.

The life story of Emily Bronte seems like any ordinary female's of her era but I can't imagine what kind of a girl she must have been or what kind of an imagination she must have had to come up with the intense characters and scenes that she did.

The most attractive thing about classics to me is the style of writing, and this bo ...more

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Feb 16, 2010 Carol rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: classic, favorites, brit-lit, emily-bronte

I read this many years ago and I have to say that I really enjoyed it so much more this time. I loved Emily's writing, "It is strange people should be so greedy when they are alone in the world." I liked that Nelly Dean and Mr. Lockwood narrated the story. I thought Catherine was self-centered and truly an awful person. So much tragedy in their lives during that time, I can't imagine how difficult it was to live so isolated and to lose loved ones at such a young age. Excellent read! ...more

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Oct 21, 2012 Carol rated it it was amazing

Shelves: bronte

Love this book! I have the both the 1943 editions of Wuthering Heights and Jane Eyre with Fritz Eichenberg's woodcut illustrations. When I was younger I preferred Jane Eyre but later in my life, I now prefer Wuthering Heights.

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cover of Wuthering Heights

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cover of Jane Eyre
Check out the girl looking at you, that's Jane.

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Mar 26, 2012 Crystal rated it it was amazing

Shelves: favorites, books-i-own

Oh my gosh. Heathcliff is officially one of my favorite literary characters of all time. I know he's absolutely dastardly and vengeful, but he was just so superbly written and so strong. I couldn't hate him because of the sheer force of his devotion to ruining every life that contributed to ruining his. Catherine Earnshaw was such a brat but one that I understood, even when I disagreed. I loved their broken, confused, but passionate love and how much they suffered for it. ...more

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