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Summary: A complex and passionate read
Review: As a great work of literature and a novel of passion, this work is excellent. A dark novel, it is quite intreging, drawing one into the complex and whimsically dark dream world of the characters. The novel is truly able to contrast the wild depths of one's soul with the civilized, although repressed areas through the contrast of the two houses and the people who reside there. Heathcliff, although dispicable, is someone we can sympathize with...savage and unrefined, he extends beyond humanity, becoming a character of pure passion. Cathy also exists as a refined and civilized form of that same passion, which is why she can love both the dainty Edgar and the wild Heathcliff. The children carry on the parents lives, and, eventually setting their mistakes right and bringing order through their marriage. Heathcliff too has a poignant changing scene, in which we realize that he is not evil, but has just succumbed to this because of his pain and sorrow. My favorite scene is the last between Cathy and Hareton, ending with Heathcliff's death....it was simply beautiful and contrasted with the novel's darkness. The style too was mesmerizing....Bronte's poetic language is beautiful and full of meaning...fiting perfectly with the characters. All and all, it is an excellent novel, but complex, and anything but light and simple. Jane Eyre may be better, but if you like it, read this too, it's worth your while.
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Summary: What a revelation!
Review: I'm fond of that novel because it tells you something about the dark side of man and besides that it's also a very profound love story. To be sure it is a really unusual love story because the two main characters never have a relationship like normal lovers have, they only become united after death. I very much liked that Catherine is close to us as readers. She is always present even though she is already dead at the beginning of the novel. But Nelly tells the story of her life and so it seems to the most natural thing in the world to talk about supernatural events and experiences. While reading the novel my feelings changed a lot, once I was very angry at Heathcliff, then I only felt contempt for Linton and his weakness. The novel is written in very thrilling way, you never know how Heathcliff will react next, he is so erratic. Even though Catherine is not an innocent person at all, you can feel with her and you can sympathise with her throughout the story. And although the character of Heathcliff is so mysterious and dark he attracts our attention in a special manner: He descends from a gypsy family and thus he represents the hidden and often violently suppressed sides of man.
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Summary: Deserves 6 stars
Review: Whoever said that Jane Eyre was better is wrong - Jane Eryre is 5 stars, but this novel is 6. Wuthering Heights is a work of genius, and a work of art. It is a well-written novel with an original, unique and solid plot, extremely well-done setting, good action, dialogue, etc. All these aspect alone would give the book 5 stars.What makes me say it needs an extra star are the characters. No other novel I know of describes its characters better, or makes them more realistic and belivable. You will never forget Heathcliff. He's a person so set in his cruel ways as to be almost unbelievable - it's hard to imagine someone like that could exist. And yet Emily Bronte pulls it off with her writing. She makes you BELIEVE. And as far as I know, that is the primary purpose of a novel. Don't be fooled by the fact that it's old and a classic. Reading it, none of that is noticeable. The writing is fresh, original, and beautiful. You won't be able to put it down. And when it's finished you'll wish it had lasted just a little longer, like you do when all great novels are done.
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Summary: Wuthering Heights-a passionate tale of love and envy
Review: Wuthering Heights tells the tale of the passionate and jealousy ridden love of Cathy and Heathclif. Fate, social class, and family separates them. The tale has amazing descriptions, themes, and characters. Violence, passion, and envy are all themes in the book. It is inspiring and wonderful, truly intriuging.
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Summary: I can't like characters I don't believe.
Review: I am aware that this is not a novel meant to put a smile on your face or make you think of flowers and rainbows etc. But I was unable to get any enjoyment out of this book because the characters are so completely ridiculous in their courses of actions. Granted, the theme of the book is how hatred, jealousy, envy, and the like can overcome a person's soul, but she took it too far. The overblown "love" between the characters would invariably be followed by an act of viscious cruelty. Many of the good reviews for this book are from high school students. The reason most of them liked it, in my mind, is because they are immature and have idealized images of the emotions described in the book and how people would react to those emotions. We all know what it is like to love, to hate, to lose, but even under the most painful situations no one would act the way these characters did.
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Summary: Wuthering Heights
Review: The novel, Wuthering Heights, by Emily Bronte was a good story about the love two people have for each other, and how that love is never lost. From the time that they were young children, Catherine and Heathcliff always had a certain liking for each other, that turned into a deep love. When Heathcliff found out that Catherine may have changed her mind, he was crushed and he vowed to get her back. He used other characters to avenge his love for Catherine and to make her jealous enough to come back to him, one example of that is Isabella. The character of Heathcliff is a somewhat of a selfish and savage character, because he does anything to get back to Catherine and to avenge the hate that is shown to him by Edgar and Hindley. The character of Catherine seems somewhat of an innocent character, who is caught up in what to do, and whether money and status is more important or true love is more important to her. Heathcliff's return to his true love causes problems with her and shows that love can be painful and cause agony sometimes. The characters in this novel were well developed and characterized, which is important to me when I read a novel. I think that the novel Wuthering Heights shows the ideas and opionins that Emily Bronte had about love and how it can effect the lives of people. I found this to be a pretty good novel, a little confusing at the beginning though. I, however, in comparison liked the novel, Jane Eyre, by her sister Charlotte, better.
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Summary: lifelong favorite
Review: This novel has touched me deeply since first reading and I have enjoyed it many times over, again becoming engrossed in the characters with each new read, yet each time finding something new. A true classic. It is a little sad, though, that this great book averages four stars, the same rating as many of the comparatively poorly written, more contemporary but soon-to-be-forgotten fiction reviewed on this site. Not that one should confine oneself to reading classics, but at least recognize them for what they are.
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Summary: Wuthering Heights
Review: I am 15-years old, so Wuthering Heights was difficult to understand at first. The main difficulty was understanding the slang words and some of the phrases that were used in the "English" language. Once I got more into the story, I could understand what was going on. I found myself wanting to read on about the relationships between Heathcliff and Catherine, Catherine and Edgar, and Heathcliff and Edgar. These relationships were exciting to read about to see how everything would turn out in the end. I would put myself in the characters' shoes and think about how I would react to the various situations. For example, if I were Catherine, I would get rid of my need for wealth and marry for love. In Heathcliff's position, I would have accepted the fact that I would never be with Catherine and try to find happiness in my own life. This novel will entice you to keep reading to the end.
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Summary: Depth-Charge of a Novel
Review: This 1847 novel initially shocked many in its Victorian readership, but gradually made its way to solid critical favour. The action of this extraordinarily intense novel was conceived at a very high imaginative level. It centers around the fiercely passionate relationship between Catherine & Heathcliff -- fictional characters of elemental force and towering strength. <<The Cambridge Guide to Literature in English>> notes that "the torturous and violent plot, instead of seeming merely melodramatic, is given solidity by the precisely realized Yorkshire locations and subtlety by the shifting narrative viewpoints." A perfectly descriptive one-liner of the novel's unbreakable backbone. *Wuthering Heights* is unique: There was nothing like it before, there has been nothing like it since, there will be nothing like it again. Are the waves still pulsing out from this depth-charge of a novel radiating in YOUR imagination? Will you also place your imprimatur of approval on Emily Bronte's undying classic?
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Summary: Raw, savage, beautiful, but a masterpiece
Review: Wuthering Heights, despite claims of it being boring and depressing and whatnot, is a masterpiece. This book is written in a classic, and beautiful style that is easy on you, but the narration is creative and the story is ahead of its time. It is at times overwhelming with it's savagery and hatred, yet at other times calms with its beauty and conclusions. This is a story about one man's hatred and lust for revenge and how he tranforms himself into a demon and yeilds his power over people, and purposefully ruins their lives. The characters are rich, they have lives that come to life. The story is craftily twisted, and laden with insight on the human mindset. Despite the fact that Bronte pretty much tells you what happens at the beginning of the story, the I-can't-put-it-down aspect of the book comes in how those events occurred and how your feelings for all the characters change. And that is something that does happen, ever single character will change in your eyes from when you first see them and their behavior, to when they depart from the book (except for 3: Nelly, Lockwood, and Joseph) This is a beautiful, savage, emotional book. I dare you to read it and to fall in love.
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