Wuthering Heights (1970 film)
1971
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1,820,402 ratings62,956 reviews. You can find the redesigned cover of this edition HERE. At the centre of this novel is the passionate love between Catherine Earnshaw and Heathcliff - recounted with such emotional intensity that a plain tale of the Yorkshire moors acquires the depth and simplicity of ancient tragedy.
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- Emily Brontë
- Expect Some Dramatic and Haunting Themes
- A Hero Is Lurking About with Villainous Tendencies
- A Pure Work of The Classics
- A Fitting End
There’s a reason why Emily Brontë’s ‘Wuthering Heights’ received a stern backlash from the majority of reviewers in the early stages of the book’s life. That reason is nothing but the fact that some of the book’s themes were, by then society’s standard, considered too dark and outrageous to be included in a novel, much less for a 19th-century Victo...
Every book has its hero, who is usually not the same person as the villain. But, in Emily Brontë’s book, one cannot help but be surprised by how Heathcliff, the supposed hero of ‘Wuthering Heights,’ switches between being a hero and, later in the book, a villain. Heathcliff is introduced as being a sweet and lovable boy character for whose reason r...
Emily Brontë’s ‘Wuthering Heights,’ by a fair assessment, is no short of a literary classic, a remarkable demonstration of a typical gothic-style book. Only by reading ‘Wuthering Heights,’ the reader more than just glance and nibble the words on its pages, but is magically put in unsafe surroundings, breathed with fear, with an unidentified ghost h...
Although we get to see great personalities, maybe even our best characters, being fallen by death, Emily Brontë couldn’t have planned a more fitting end than she did. The author saw to it that Heathcliff ends his misery in life by uniting in death with Catherine, his unconditional love, who is also expected to Rest In Peace after their unification ...
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- Paperback
Jul 30, 2018 · Culture. Wuthering Heights is a masterpiece of literary genius that is incredibly unpleasant to read. What makes Emily Brontë’s novel great is the way it thinks about abuse. by Constance Grady....
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Wuthering Heights is now widely considered to be one of the greatest novels ever written in English, but contemporaneous reviews were polarised. It was controversial for its depictions of mental and physical cruelty, including domestic abuse, and for its challenges to Victorian morality, religion, and the class system.
Feb 17, 2024 · Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte: Book Review & Summary. Delve into the timeless tale of 'Wuthering Heights' with our comprehensive review and summary. Uncover the dark secrets and intense love within. By Muhiuddin Alam. Find me: Google Knowledge Panel. Last Update: February 17, 2024.
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Publication: Athenaeum. Date: 25 December 1847. Reviewer: H F Chorley. In spite of much power and cleverness; in spite of its truth to life in the remote nooks and corners of England, 'Wuthering Heights' is a disagreeable story.
