Wuthering Heights - Emily Bronte!

[LadyWentworth]

Well, I feel a little bad, in a way. I seriously hadn't looked at this thread since I last posted. First of all, I only responded to that comment about Jane Eyre fans not liking Wuthering Heights to show that a person can like both. I never thought a discussion would start from that statement. Second, I answered a question that was addressed to me regarding the movie. I actually had nothing else to say about the film beyond that.

So, I am sorry if the topic went somewhere else. I seriously didn't intend for it to do so. Especially because I just responded to the other comments that were made.

So, papaya, scold me. I guess I am at fault for unintentionally creating something that didn't follow the rules of the thread by responding to the other comments. I am at fault. Sorry!

[papayahed]

Is that because it is a poll, Papayahed? I didn't know that had restrictions, as to what we could discuss. Sorry. I also never realized the subheading was 'Write a Book Review'....I never even noticed that heading before this.

So was it you that bumped our discussion to the 'Jane Eyre vs.' thread? I saw that earlier and did not realise I had started a thread...I thought I was seeing things.

Yes, I moved the discussion.

Well, I feel a little bad, in a way. I seriously hadn't looked at this thread since I last posted. First of all, I only responded to that comment about Jane Eyre fans not liking Wuthering Heights to show that a person can like both. I never thought a discussion would start from that statement. Second, I answered a question that was addressed to me regarding the movie. I actually had nothing else to say about the film beyond that.

So, I am sorry if the topic went somewhere else. I seriously didn't intend for it to do so. Especially because I just responded to the other comments that were made.

So, papaya, scold me. I guess I am at fault for unintentionally creating something that didn't follow the rules of the thread by responding to the other comments. I am at fault. Sorry!

Nonbody's being scolded. It is very easy to get carried away in threads, a simple adjustment was made to keep this part of the forum as it was intended to be.

[Thespian1975]

A truly dark and compelling tale. Heathcliff is violent and moody yet I like him better than Hareton or even Catherine. Wonderful scenes like when nelly tells him of catherine's death or the attack on Hindley.
Difficult read but will stay long in the memory.

[ArunSaxena]

i read the novel some 2years back, but can recall the story even today. i liked the story very much, it shows a darker side of love,after all not all love stories are meant for a happy ending!

[Wilde woman]

I finished rereading the book a few weeks ago. I was struck by how much more I liked it now than I did when I first read it in my high school years. Back then I could only see Catherine and Heathcliff as selfish, childish brats who will stop at nothing to have their way. Now, I think I've learned to be more careful about trusting our narrator, Mrs. Dean.

Does anyone else feel this way? Do you feel a reader can sympathize with both Mrs. Dean AND Catherine & Heathcliff? I feel like we have to cast aside Mrs. Dean's adherence to propriety to really feel the passion between Cathy and Heathcliff. Perhaps this is a better topic for the Emily Bronte forum.

Speaking of narrators, I find the opening chapters narrated by the pretentious Mr. Lockwood some of the funniest scenes in literature. I cannot help laughing when Mr. Lockwood is left alone in the kitchen to face the vicious dogs, especially the one named Juno.

Other than that, I loved the setting and the nature imagery. It's at once so beautiful and so haunting. I can see the influence of those "wuthering heights" in both Emily and Charlotte Bronte's books.

[LitNetIsGreat]

One of the greatest novels written in the English language, if not the greatest.

[Bellrosk]

Having studied this novel for English Lit AS CW and literally just finished coursework on it, I have to say the more you study and analyse it, the more it loses its appeal.

However, I do maintain that it is a brilliant book and one that I shall read again some time in the future.

[K.K.]

I read Wuthering Heights several years ago; I found the story very haunting and memorable. I agree with Silvia in that it is not for everyone.

[MissScarlett]

I agree with Virgil, Janine, LadyWentworth, and others who loved the novel. I love it, too, and I agree with Virgil, it's the best book written in the English language during the 19th century.

[blazeofglory]

This is really a very interesting novel I read and now I am thinking about rereading it

[Warwick]

Perhaps re-reading Emily's classic when I'm on vacation will add a little extra to a disturbing tale. I've taken a cottage between the Bronte Parsonage and Top Withens [Wuthering Heights]

..."I bounded, leaped, and flew down the steep road [from Wuthering Heights]; then, quitting its windings, shot direct across the moor, rolling over banks, and wading through marshes: precipitating myself, in fact, towards the beacon-light of the Grange."

That's an idea, I'll take the book with me and read the above from chapter 17 whilst standing on Wuthering Heights.

[Paulclem]

Just stay away from the moors at night...

[Warwick]