Wuthering Heights

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Summary: Although this novel was wordy, I did enjoy it throughly.
Review: No doubt about it, this book is a well written classic that generations continue to enjoy. I did in fact enjoy this book and got absorbed in the story. I was told this book was a love story; however, it is not just any love story. This book had depth and angles not only about love. In Wuthering Heights, as the years went by the Earnshaw's and Linton's became very dysfunctional. It seemed that there was no order in the family households. Most of all, I enjoyed the characters Emily Bronte created. Catherine Earnshaw was such a passionate character, her words moved me like no other book had. I was inspired greatly by Cathy's passion, "It would degrade me to marry Heathcliff now; so he shall never know how I love him: and that, not because he's handsome, Nelly, but because he's more myself than I am. Whatever our souls are made of, his and mine are the same; and Linton's is as different as a moonbeam from lightning,or frost from fire (73)." That paticular passage has always been my favorite. I felt so sorry for Heathcliff even though he became revengeful; however, I believe he was driven by passion himself. Catherine and Heathcliff were my favorite characters, but all the other characters were very important too. Altough the book is 'wordy', I throughly enjoyed the storyline and characters. So I have decided on ranking Emily Bronte's Wuthering Heights an eight. Futhermore, I recommend this novel to anyone searching for a good book. SKC@WBHS

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Summary: Love Conquers All-Good will Prevail
Review: Wuthering Heights is a strange ,but powerful book. Revenge is most likely the dominent theme in the second half of the book. Even though Heathcliff abandons his plan for vengence. There is no traditional happy ending for the principal characters in the book. It was also brought out that it was a spiritual love rather than a physical one the binds Heathcliff and Cahterine together. There is also a theory of crime and punishment. All the characters sin in some way and are punished, with the exception of cathy and Hareton. Another would be conflict between good and evil. The difference between the feeling that Catherine has for Heathcliff andthe one she has for Edgar is that she responds to Edgar only on the more superficial and shallow level. She seems aware that this love is far more important than the civilized and wordly advantages that Edgar offers. Despite this she goes against her natural instinct and marries him anyways. This action turns the good in Heathcliff to evil, taking revenge on everyone except Cahterine. This tears her up and her only option that she looks for is death. After many years he finds his revenge dying away and prepares himself for death and reuniting with the spirit of Catherine soon after. Love is the only element that remains constant. Everything else withers away. It boils down to nothing on earth matters ,but when we are dead and merge with the Almighty Being then shall we see our greatest satisfaction. The power of good is stronger than the power of evil and will eventually prevail.

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Summary: It was decent.
Review: I really don't see what has made Wuthering Heights a "classic." I'll admit Cathy and Heathcliff's love was probably the strongest love I've ever read about. However the hate and darkness in the book pretty much drowns out the love story. Most of Heathcliff's hate is derived from Catherine's love but most of his actions are very severe. I believe the reason he acts like he does after Catherine's death is because he is without his "soul." Death pretty much occupied the whole book. Almost everyone died and it caused people to act in strange ways. As strong as Cathy and Heathcliff's love was, I believe that Bronte's obsession with death and revenge drowned out this love. Again I pose the question, Why on earth is this book a "classic"?

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Summary: The book was too wordy!
Review: Upon reading Wuthering Heights, I rate the book a 3 from 1 to 10. Such a low score relates to the long, drawn out wordiness on insignificant parts to the story. Over exaggeration of minor details really confused me in this book. The book made me think that a long, drawn out explanation of a minor detail such as Mr. Lockwood's description of Catherine's library as "... select book choices,.." delapidated " (16) was important but as I completed the book, I realized it was just another attempt to go on and on. I feel if this book became a play people would say it is melodramatic and boring. The plot did grab my attention ( I must admit), and for that reason I gave the book a 3 instead of a 1. However, I think Bronte really "messed up" a developed, intringuing story line with insignificant details that gave readers the idea that the point contained a hidden point that one might find later in the book or one people needed to know. I mean, Who cares how Catherine kept her book collection. The story contains a completely different plot!

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Summary: Wuthering Heights weaves an entertaining and complex tale.
Review: Bronte's Wuthering Heights contains the charms and vices of a soap opera. Due to the complex family structure one almost needs to keep the family tree handy while reading to keep from getting confused. I enjoy watching soap operas I like to know all the complex family history or just basic background that has been happening for years. When you know all of the history, it makes the story make sense. Wuthering Heights has this charm because of its long time span and complicated family tree. Some of the bad points of soap operas are also present in Wuthering Heights. One such disadvantage is, in my opinion, slow moving plots. Since there is such a long time period covered, the stories can often drag out. Overall, I liked Wuthering Heights for its soap opera-like qualties.

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Summary: I've really enjoyed this book. It was very interesting.
Review: Overall the book had alot to do with a mystery of love. This book left you wondering what will happen next. Out of everything I had read in the book. I like Catherine Earnshaw Lintons part the most. She was wild at times then a lady at another time. Catherine had it bad with the confusion she had between the two men. My favorite part is on page (149) when Edgar return home from Gimmerton and catches Heathcliff with his wife cause she didn't want Heathcliff to go. The part that seem to make me think is what was Edgar thinking when Heathcliff Gave Catherine to him. This book was Good and I would recommend this book to any one. But I would make sure I explain each character to him or her first.

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Summary: One of the finest books I read or my English Class
Review: Wuthering Heights is one of the greatest books I ever read. It was written so fine and with such sensitivity that you feel like living a character in it. Love and hate are used very well together. Hard thing about the books is to learn the characters and how they are related to one and other. Be sure to read the version with the list of difficult words and you'll enjoy the book. Very, very good...

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Summary: An eternal story...
Review: The other reviews of the book already summarize the plot and lend a personal response. I only wish to bring to mind, a few points about the book which make it worth reading and worth appreciating .Written in the typical Gothic Novel style, the work is full of horror, violence, love, trauma and death. How many authors can intergrate all that into a single plot and have the novel called a "classic"? The fact that Heathcliff cannot be classified is crucial to the novel, he oscillates between the vicitm of abuse by Hindley, and the villain by Nelly, Cathy and Linton. Throughout the novel, the unreliability of the narrative only adds to the dire and dark tone of the novel - making it even more horrific than it already is. In the time Bronte wrote in, eroticism in literature was absent - the boldness of Bronte in writing about a man walking into a married woman's bedroom inannounced is not only shocking, but also a precursor to the modern, romantic drivel that some read. Its a great book, the theme of nature vs.nurture and of wuthered development have been taken up with severity - and as the story unravels, the plot reveals itself in repetition - highlighting the horror of violence. Read this book, knowing the time it was written in, see the harsh descriptions of the violence committed by a loveless man, whose unknown background makes him a mystery. Tell me, when you've read it, if you think Heathcliff was an illegal child of old Earnshaw...is there another explanation for the way he is brought into the house, and why catherine and him develop the diabolical friendship they have?

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Summary: It is an incredible work of human emotion.
Review: This book is fantastic. Due to the fact that the reader wants to despise Catherine and Heathcliff for their attitudes we are forced to focus on their love. It is only this love that can bring out any kind of tenderness from these two usually selfish and hard people. It is a love to be envied. Also, the end is spectacular. Catherine jr. and Hareton's love completed a destiny. This is how Catherine senior and Heathcliff were meant to be from the very beginning.

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Summary: I,a freshmen, loved reading Wuthering Heights in 8th grade
Review: I had to read Wuthering Heights in my 8th Grade English Class last year, and I thought that the book was brilliant! It is filled with love, passion, deceit, greed, and everything in between. A word to the wise. Be willing to spend some time with this book. You will thank me. Wuthering Heights isn't something that you just read over the weekend, you really have to put some time into it. This has to be one of the most complex books I've read in a while, and its complexities is what makes it brilliant