Wuthering Heights

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Summary: Dull, pointless, and absurd
Review: I am repelled by the absurd peregrinations of Bronte's spiteful, petty-spirited, self-absorbed characters. The character of Heathcliff is that of a nightmarish beast, and Catherine isn't much better. And yet Emily Bronte wants us to LIKE these people. I read this book at the same time as OTHELLO, and to be honest I found my self liking even Iago better than these shallow fools -- at least Iago probably deserved to be a lieutenant! If this is a classic, then so's the phone book. It's ludicrous, witless, and excessively overwritten to boot. At one point, the reader of WUTHERING HEIGHTS will realize that there have been five (or so) mawkish death scenes, some fights and scuffles, and countless effusions of absurd and overblown emotion. And yet one is less than halfway through the book, and Bronte's still wuthering along as if the reader were yet awake. Again, I must compare it to OTHELLO, and find that in all respects it comes up short -- Othello even has better Moors. It's not a classic -- it's a really old British romance novel.

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Summary: A Moving Story of Hate and Love
Review: As I read the book "Wuthering Heights" it was easy for me to see why it was named a classic. It is very well written, the plot is interesting and all it wants is a story book ending. Throughout the book the reader finds that the misery of the characters is because of the selfishness and hatred that some of the characters have for one another. One sees that the hatred of one man for a small orphan child carries into the second and third generation of his children and grandchildren. Although Emily Bronte masterpiece can never top her sisters book,"Jane Eyre", it is worth reading, and contamplating its message.

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Summary: a good story, but very redundant.
Review: wuthering heights is a good story, but some things seem to be repeated several times making it some-what boring. it took me a long time to finish because of this.

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Summary: Stop Whining!
Review: Just when the book starts getting interesting, someone starts whining and complaining about their illnesses! I was very annoyed in those parts. It took me a painstaking 3 months to finish the book. Although after I finished it, I still thought about the story's point. The underlying theme to the story is powerful and that makes the book good. Yet, the road is very slow and sometimes difficult. Some of the characters are very annoying!

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Summary: Thanks to my 12th grade Eng. teacher for making me read it!!
Review: I am forever in debt to a teacher that required me to read this book in high school. Ever since, it has been my faveorite book. It's a powerful love story without the sickening sap, a gothic drama without the pretentiousness, an intriguing study on human nature, emotions, and motives without the boredom. It's a timeless book for everyone, combining elements that make it enveloping for both men and women. I must confess I have a hard time keeping myself interested in many classics I have read, but this one was different. The characters are as rich as any of Anne Rice's, the chill as strong as Stephen King's, and the themes on love and hate ring truer than ever in modern times. Read it!!!!!

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Summary: It is a very intelligent novel
Review: i actually enjoyed this novel despite what my fellow students thought or said about it. I went into expecting to hate it but I don't. It is creative, intelligent and in a bizarre way romantic. Heathcliff is a powerful character as are both Catherine's. Unfortunatly for me I do have to write an essay on it. Under most circumstances I wouldn't care but I have to write about the storms in the novel and what they mean. According to my teacher there are 43 but I have not found that many. This makes me detest the book. Which bites because it is a magnificent piece of literature and it is terrible that Emily was not around to know of it's success or that it could have been a success when she was still alive.

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Summary: brooding but passionate romance
Review: Very passionate, a flavor of undying defying love. Characteristic of a very romantic setting and era., embodies the darker aspects of spiritual and carnal romantic engrossment.

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Summary: A powerful love story
Review: Wuthering Heights was a very good, well written book, though the beginning was very confusing. This book was full of love, passion, and hatred. Not many people get to live the experiece of what Catherine was feeling when she said, "I am Heathcliff, he's always, always, in my mind; not as a pleasure any more than I am always a pleasure to myself, but as my own being." That was the most powerful quote in the whole book, and it shows how well thought out this book was when it was written.

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Summary: THIS BOOK WAS SHLOCK!
Review: i hated this book with a passion! i felt no sympathy for any of the characters and i thought that it was pointless and boring.

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Summary: Complex and Depressing but Totally Awesome
Review: I found this book very depressing and gloomy. It was very Complex, and in a few parts very hard to follow. All in all I really enjoyed this book. It's one were you can "Gee, at least my life isn't that messed up."but this book was very good. Don't read it unless your ready for a very intense story. But if your ready, you'll be blown away.