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Summary: Lovely, wonderful book
Review: Wuthering heights is about the painful love between Catherine Earnshaw and Heathcliff. This book starts on the day when Mr. Lockwood went to live in Thrushcross Grange. He caught a flu and had to be taken care by Ellen Dean. Mrs. Dean then told the story of Catherine and Heathcliff to him.Overall, I think that this plot is rather twisted. But still, it is a great book. In fact, it is one of my favourite books. WHat a great pity that Emily Bronte hasn't written more novels.
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Summary: "Literature Heights"
Review: Ever since I read this book, every book is easy to read. Thanks to this book, I have come to understand two things better: a bit more of human nature through Heathcliff's, and both Catherines' characters and English language through Emily Bronte's amazing style. The language changed a lot ever since the beginning of 19th century, I had trouble reading at first, it seemed boring and I couldn't really get into the characters. Then suddenly it became easy and interesting to read. Maybe I should thank my reading abilities for the improvement but I'd rather think it's the well developed characters of Ms Bronte helped me to step over that invisible reading barrier. I highly recommend this book, it is a must-read kind because it is about pure love, not passion.
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Summary: Good Book!
Review: I could actually see myself in both Cathy and Heathcliff, though totally different characters.. or are they?.. It's a good good book!
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Summary: Extremely Worth Your Time....
Review: Its been a long time since I've fully been engrossed in a novel-for some time, I've worked my way through books, flipping a few pages forward so I could see when the chapter would end and I could find something better to entertain myself with. This particular novel, however, woke up something in me. It's a beautifully written piece about a passion that goes unchecked, leading a man to his doom. What's august about this piece is that the reader has a hard time deciding if the man (Heathcliff) did in fact deserve his fate. The novel deals with very difficult psychological subjects-when forgiveness should be blessed on those who have wronged you and what one should value in one's life. It is enraptured by violence, yet there is not mention of any violent scenes. Amorous to its very essence, but sadly disappointing for those expecting erotic moments. It deals with the very basis of man but mixes universal raisons d'etre with individual idiosyncrasies of the characters. It is, in short, an amazing novel and Emily Bronte should be admired for still being able to connect with readers years after her death.
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Summary: A Book of Mythic Proportions!
Review: Alright, we all know the story, Cathy and Heathcliff have a forbidden love, they ruin everyone else's life when they can't be together, yada, yada, yada. But the plot of the book which sounds so trite, has nothing to do with the book's power. This is a book about PASSION (in the original blood boiling sense of the word), this is a book about fighting the fates, and most of all this is a book about the cruel beauty of our Nature. I'm not explaining Wuthering Heights well at all, so I guess all I can say about it is: Wow! What a book!
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Summary: Long and Boring
Review: I had to read this book for a research paper. It is one of the most boring books I have ever read. It may be classified as good literature, but is extremely boring if you want to read a book for fun. Skip this one.
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Summary: Disappointing Overall
Review: I know that I will be tarred and feathered for denouncing the "20th Century's favorite 19th Century novel" but I have my reasons why as you shall see. Most of the novel rests entirely on Bronte's ability as a weaver of words, and not on her creation of characters. Bronte tried to imitate the passion of Lord Byron's characters and succeeded only marginally. Out of all the characters in Wuthering Heights only Heathcliff is strongly developed in the sense that although we may despise him at certain times, we always feel a sense of empathy, even compassion at times. For the character of Catherine Earnshaw/Linton one feels only contempt, with a thin veil of sorrow. It is the same feeling one has for Miss Havisham in Dickens Great Expectations. Catherine senior is a deceitful, destructive force who almost succeeds in passing on her vices and moral depravity onto her daughter. Unlike Dickens Great Expectations however, we see no reason in her madness, which is one of the failings of Bronte's novel. To most readers she is just a spoiled little rich girl who wants to have her cake and eat it too. This is never expounded on in any great length and Bronte, while not explicitly saying it, seems to condone it as a perfectly good reason to go to Edgar and not Heathcliff. It is at that point in the story that we have nothing but total contempt for Catherine senior and nothing else. But there are many morally bankrupt characters that populate great literature and they do not take away from the story, Dickens Miss Havisham and Estella, come up once again. The difference between Catherine senior and these characters is that Bronte's character is shown as a weak, whining woman with no clear direction either in her life or in the plot of the story. She is in short the airhead of the story. It is a very negative portrayal of women and I'm surprised that Bronte devoted so much time to this character. Her daughter Catherine junior is a much stronger character in every way, but here again is another downfall of the book. The characters of Catherine junior and Hareton Earnshaw are cast out of the spotlight in favor of concentrating on Catherine seniors whining. These characters, along with those like Nelly Dean and Lockwood have far less substance than they should. Bronte should have devoted more time to Catherine and Hareton than she did. Overall, I think that Heathcliff saved the story from bombing terribly, and Bronte's prose also contributes to the beauty of the book, but she was no Lord Byron. Bronte simply did not understand plot and character well enough to make this the novel it could have been, which is a terrible shame. Although some people indict this book as just being a 19th Century soap opera, its fault rests not in the plot being too unrealistic and trite, it rests on the fault that the reader only gets to know a few characters really well, and of those characters only Heathcliff is given the attention he deserves.
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Summary: Fourteen year old reviewer
Review: After reading Wuthering Heights, my love for litarature and the "classic" books have increased impressively. No, i did not read this for school, I read it to broaden my list of vocabulary words. (my ideal goal in life is to be an author, and i will be one). It pains me to see the thrashing reviews of a great book by high school students who simply shouldn't be reading books like this, not yet, or perhaps never. You can't really call this a romance. or, not a Traditional Romance anyway. The love affair between Heathcliff and Catherine is obviously doomed from the start. People continously say they hated the characters. I didn't. I loved them! Heathcliff and Catherine the most. Not that i didn't hollar at them when they did the idiotic things that became repetitive, as I've seen happen in real life. In fact, the only character i disliked was Nelly Dean, who seemed determined to ruin the already corrupt relationship Heathcliff and Catherine shared. This story is so true to real life. It's so bitter, so gothic. There's not a happily ever after in this novel, folks. I love tear jerkers, and that is what this book is. One thing that Emily Bronte is marvelous at, is her description. Her words plant a vivid picture in my mind. And she doesn't need to go on and on with describing either. She can make a place seem real with one paragraph! Read this book. For whatever reason, read it.
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Summary: Couldn't put it down!
Review: This is one of those extremely rare books that it is nearly impossible to put down. For a week, I went around a near zombie because the night before I had stayed up for hours saying "Just one more chapter, then I HAVE to go to bed". I was completely entralled. It never got boring or slow, and the tale it told is unlike any other I have ever heard before. If you're tired of boring old romance stories, I promise you - this one is different. It is truly a shame that it was Emily Bronte's only novel. Toni
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Summary: Withering heights - that's no typo
Review: I started reading this book as part of my catch-up-with-the-classics campaign. And it was supposed to be full of smoldering passion, etc., etc. I read on and on and on - nothing. Did I miss something, I don't think so. Up until now, I could have said I've never met a book I didn't like. The best I can say - I didn't find it offensive. Just dull beyond belief. Read Dickens if you want to see an author go on and on not losing your interest and actually making a point. Read "Jane Eyre" if you want some to feel some real passion about teaching and love and life.
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