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Can anyone understand Joseph's old Yorkshire dialect? Perhaps the book would have been better with him dictating the story to Lockwood?
Kendra Let me be honest: it wasn't until about 3/4 through the books that I realized that his accent was Yorkshire! I thought up until that point that he was…moreLet me be honest: it wasn't until about 3/4 through the books that I realized that his accent was Yorkshire! I thought up until that point that he was Scottish, lol. After that, his dialogue became MUCH easier to understand for me. You just have to "hear" his voice in your head and really form the words. But when it really got tough, I just looked up an internet translation.

Him narrating the story? I dunno, it's a pretty interesting idea, but Nellie narrating the story, in my opinion, is no doubt the better option because Joseph would have been hanging around Heathcliff the entire time, and quite frankly, Heathcliff is the type of character who is MUCH better when there is a certain distance between him and the reader (please!!!). That way when he's "on-screen", it has a much bigger impact on how you view him, whereas with Joseph it would have been just one huge evil bus.(less)
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Wuthering Heights
by Emily Brontë
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