Wuthering Heights is excellent.

[tearzofaprinces]

Hey everyone.. I was wondering if anyone would be so kind enough and help me with 5 questions that I have for homework on this book.. I had a really hard time reading this book .. I have very bad comprehension skills.. Can anyone help me please..

I would really appreciate it.

[bokahuants]

WELL.its very dramatic novel with agothic element gousts and staff............
amazing one .
i also want to mention a thing that the main charecter heathclif his aim to revenge from the lintons
,espaciealy edgar throug his sister isabella using her as tool of revenge?
do you agree on that, share your opinions pls!! thanks.

[saperelli]

Hey everyone.. I was wondering if anyone would be so kind enough and help me with 5 questions that I have for homework on this book.. I had a really hard time reading this book .. I have very bad comprehension skills.. Can anyone help me please..

I would really appreciate it.

Hey, can I help? What're the questions?

[crazefest456]

*Sigh*
*cough*over*cough*rated*cough*

sorry, I sort of disliked the book

[PaulT]

Wuthering Heights, to me, is overrated. How come this piece of work is termed a classic and has stood through times? Is it simply because there were not much writers in the world before? Or that literature is predominantly western, especially in the academe?

No one should expect to like every classic book but that doesn't stop them being classics. I enjoyed "Pride and Prejudice" but not "Emma" but it doesn't make it bad or over-rated.

Wuthering Heights is a classic not only because it is a fascinating story, cleverly constructed and with characters that you (obviously not you personally) care about, but it was unique at that time, a book with a plot and characters that were not seen in other literature. I have read it many times and written a website about it: I wouldn't have done if it wasn't something special.

[saperelli]

I still think it has great psychological relevance today, which is why it is such a great novel in my eyes. However, I sympathise with you, Shakti V., because, like PaulT, there are classic novels I don't really like either. Hope you find something you enjoy for your next classic read!

[LadyW]

Does anybody think that some characters in particular are a little melodramatic?
This has to be the first book where I have developed no attactment to any of the characters whatsoever. Accept maybe Heathcliff... he intrigues me.

[nouna77]

hey i want some one to help me . i didn't read this novel but i think it's soo romantic> i once heared a qoute from it which means "True love faces every thing and does not change whatever happen" please i want the qoute as Emily wrote it. i'll appreciate that

[saperelli]

Hey nouna77, is this what you meant?

"My love for Linton is like the foliage in the woods: time will change it, I'm well aware, as winter changes the trees. My love for Heathcliff resembles the eternal rocks beneath: a sourse of visible delight, but necessary."

I'm still unsure what you mean exactly... there are many quotes throughtout the novel which might mean what you search for, but if I can be of any help I will try

[natasssha]

Every time I watch the Movie , I ready the Novel , i feel as it is the first time , lol , It's a wonderfull Novel written between the victorian period and the modern period .

[natasssha]

I don't know what does Lady W mean by melodramatic?
I am sorry

[Peripatetics]

I have read it many times and written a website about it: I wouldn't have done if it wasn't something special.

A very good job on the website.
A question - why did you limit the crticisms to 1848 ? I think that modern critiques add to the appreciation of the novel. They also tend to place into a fuller perspective the author and the work.

[PaulT]

A very good job on the website.
A question - why did you limit the crticisms to 1848 ? I think that modern critiques add to the appreciation of the novel. They also tend to place into a fuller perspective the author and the work.

The main reason is that the early criticisms were easily available to add to the website. But I think they were also very important because they were people's reaction to a new book. They did not look upon it as a "classic" unlike modern critics, nor did they know much (or anything) about Emily, her life and her character. It's impossible for a modern critic to divorce himself from that knowledge.

[Lynne Fees]

I think what makes Heathcliff so interesting is that he is not a one-dimensional character. I always think maybe he would have been able to live a normal life if Catherine hadn't given up on him. Then I think of my daughter being formerly engaged to a guy like that know I would and say, "She dodged a bullet on that one!" News flash to all the boys: unfortunately, girls sometimes do like the troubled, dark types. Not sure why?

[Peripatetics]

unfortunately, girls sometimes do like the troubled, dark types. Not sure why?

Lynne if you will scan the posts about Rochester in Jane Eyre, you will find confirmation if not an explanation.