Wuthering Heights: Emily Bronte 's Classic Masterpiece - Complete Original Text (Paperback)

from StoutHearted

This novel is as wild as the weather on the Yorkshire moors; with so much drama and brooding, no wonder it's a favorite among hormonal teens. We have dysfunctional, forbidden love that destroys others in its path with its fierce passion -- it's easy to see why many personify Catherine and Heathcl...

from amydross

Some people call this one of literature's great love stories, while others object strenuously to this idea. How can this be a love story, they argue, when Heathcliff is a violent psycho and Catherine is manipulative and cruel? To which I'd answer, can't bad people experience love? There's nothing...

from kambrogi

I won't recount this tragic tale of dysfunctional family and twisted love; you can find a synopsis anywhere. I will say that this 1847 story could easily take place today, and in fact is retold in a contemporary context by Alice Hoffman in her novel, Here on Earth. At heart, Wuthering Heights is ...

from atimco

Wuthering Heights is one of those classics that are constantly abused for being "depressing" or "gloomy" - as if a work's quality consists solely in its ability to cheer its audience. The expressions of hatred directed at this book really shock me, because I found it a very gripping tale. I read ...

from CarlosMcRey

I was struck by several things on my re-read of Wuthering Heights. Chief among them is the fact that of all the novels I've read from the sisters Brontë, this one seems designed to be the most challenging to enjoy. Jane Eyre has a very likable narrator/protagonist and ends on a note which may as ...