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Ycian asked this question about Wuthering Heights:
Why? Why? Will someone just tell why people love this book so much? What is so great about it?
Kendra While Niveditha said it 100x better than how I could ever say it, I would like to add to what she said. This book was not meant to be your typical her…moreWhile Niveditha said it 100x better than how I could ever say it, I would like to add to what she said. This book was not meant to be your typical hero-saves-the-day-and-gets-the-girl story. And I don't know why people say it's a story of passionate romance, 'cause it's not. It was MEANT to have bad characters. Emily didn't really WANT us liking them that much, really. But, still, I couldn't help but feel pity towards Heathcliff in the end; and when I read those last words, I felt a special kind of empty that I rarely get when I finish novels.

But I can understand 100% why people despise this book, and I don't entirely blame you. I just wish people would understand that the characters aren't meant to be likable. I guess that I, personally, like the whole non-conventional-ness of it. It's not a normal book, and I tend to lean towards non-conventional things (within reason, of course). Plus, the prose was gorgeous, and it flowed so easily in my mind.(less)
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Wuthering Heights
by Emily Brontë
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