WHY I LOVE WUTHERING HEIGHTS | Brontë Book Club

I talk about Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë!
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[thecreativemillenial]

Heathcliff's story is a prime example of the saying 'treat people like scum and they'll start acting like scum'

[DanielFletcherFlute]

I just read it for the first time. So dark, so wonderful. I actually really love Nelly Dean, which doesn’t seem to be a super popular opinion, but I thought I would throw it out there. She’s an amazing narrator, and I think it’s so unique for this time period to have the whole plot narrated by a servant.

[flanbenflen]

I swear Emily was going into some serious sh*it when she wrote it.

[Beckykeenanx]

I love the character of Joseph too. I love how he’s such a religious zealot but at the same time is such a hypocrite and shows absolutely no true Christian values. Probably reflects how Emily viewed some of the preachers and clergymen in Yorkshire in her time

[anthonytodhunter]

My second read and Catherine is still the most selfish character I’ve ever read. Which is why she’s great.

[supergirlensaymada]

I've read the book for the first time and finished it in 3 days! I agree, Edgar Linton deserves better. It's just so unfortunate that he landed himself in the middle of the most destructive and obessive love affair that the moor has ever known 😢

[denisebarros]

I feel that the book finished the way it started. Hareton and Cathy were able to live what Catherine and Heathcliff never did. I share the same thoughts that you do about the topics, I've just realized that now.

[garycoates]

to me hareton and Cathy are the conclusion of "Catherine" and heathcliff idealized, , it's almost like heathcliff treated hareton in parallel to his own treatment to "groom" him to live out his unfulfilled life and loves, even the same first initial of their names, the whole of the metaphor of hareton not being able to read his name, he doesn't know who he is either in the same way as heathcliff the heights defines who he is and who he becomes. Cathy parallels to her mother in description and metaphor as well, to heathcliff she becomes her mothers ghost, and I believe he grooms her also to be with hareton, I think that it is an underlying part of the narrative that this was his intention the orphaned hareton is more his son and more like he than his own son in the same way as hindley was estranged from his father who embraced heathcliff. Edgar dying was in a way a metaphor for giving Cathy back to heathcliff and Linton dying gave heathcliff back to "Catherine" to her falling in love with his metaphoric shadow Hareton, it's such a beautiful way to express that heathcliff and Catherine could have loved if they had not been separated by harsh circumstances through hareton and Cathy. I could go on and on with this ideal it's absolutely perfect in resolution and rich with details that reveal themselves with every read.

[booklady]

I feel like not enough people appreciate Wuthering Heights. Heathcliff is such a great character.

[nancyhey]

I think it’s a great literary work, in spite of the darkness and the cruelty in it, it holds your attention. But when you contrast it with Jane Eyre, written by her sister, you can see how Charlotte was more optimistic about the goodness of human nature than was Emily.

[tortoisedreams]

Loved this discussion! So much to think about. WH is less a romance, than a romance thwarted. Cathy & Heathcliff are cosmically destined to be together, & when that falls apart all hell breaks loose & the book becomes a Gothic horror revenge story unto the next generation. You're right, I like that we're left with a bit of hope at the end after so much suffering, fear, & pain that came before.

[renansouza]

I read WH when I was 15 and at the time I had never read anything like WH, and that book blew my mind. It's actually my favorite book now, great video btw 😘

[ezgigulec]

i’ve never seen a book approach the topic of love the way Wuthering Heights did. an amazing and criminally underrated book

[Frankflores]

I liked the fact eventhough Emily Bronte didn't travel a lot (so her perceptions of the world were limited) had the imagination to create such a complex story in short distances between one house and another.
It's a complex book to read though, my mother tongue is not english so when I read Wuthering Heights I doubted of my skills, but natives of the english language have told that they don't get to the point to comprehend the book in its whole context, which is kind of relieving lol.
I could understand the beginning, and the end of the book, what is in the middle it's a seesaw of stories, words, feelings, etc

[reannamora]

I love Hareton too! I felt so bad for him throughout the whole book and was so happy to see him have a happy ending :, ) I loved the scene where he touched Catherine’s hair. He is such a gentle, sweet pea. I also love how he truly understands and deeply cares for Heathcliff.

[dikidwangmo]

Edgar is the only likeable character in the whole of this book.
The other characters? I love them .

[dianakhasanova]

I read the book when i was 14 years old and i loved it so much that i have never forgotten it.Heathcliff to me is special because he never asked anything from life..except to be with his Cathy.Life didn`t even give him that.It makes the whole story even more tragic.

[beatricemenarini]

I recently gave another chance to Wuthering Heights thanks to you (the first time I approached it I expected a great love story as many people wrongly do and I was too shocked and appalled by how horrible some characters are to appreciate it) and thank God I did because I LOVED it this time! I have no words to describe how incredible this novel is. It’s just so profound and the characters’ study is amazing. I think it’s just become my favourite book!

[martinkingston]

It's an incredible book, in many ways probably quite misunderstood, and a good part of TWO centuries later it still leaves us with so many questions, superficially being a story of thwarted love, but one which ultimately deals with much weightier themes like individual destiny, moral degradation, the eventual possibility of redemption and the importance of being true to oneself. I definitely feel that Emily placed a lot of herself into her novel, and used a setting almost completely removed from any other human society to allow the main characters to reflect ideas that really mattered to her. Important subjects include the influence of parental authority, the devastating consequences produced by a loveless or destructive family environment, how a single choice can have terrible multi generational effects (especially when a character like Heathcliff becomes so darkened in mind as to want to exact a terrible vengeance) and how our ultimate desire for transcendence above the material and societal gnaws deep within our being until we are finally, truly free. Cathy as a personality type does seem to be an embodiment of those rare individuals who possess a true connection with self, with nature and with the unseen, and who suffer terribly if swayed off course, especially if it be by their own hands. An air of the supernatural also hangs heavily over the book and infuses it with a sense of unquantifiable mystery, with Cathy foreseeing both her future destiny and the price to be paid for self betrayal, being condemned after death to roam restlessly on the very land that should have been her personal heaven until her true love might possibly join her. Does she really walk the Heights, or is that just what Heathcliff wants to console himself with after 18 long years of waiting? Could it instead be a phantom or devil cursing him with the illusion of a hope? Heathcliff's drastic change late in the book always intrigued me. Was his letting go of his desire to destroy what finally made Cathy visible to him and were they allowed to have THEIR heaven, at last. Will we ever know? But that is the wonder of Emily's beautiful words and ideas and it has been for many years my favourite book of all time. Masterpiece.

[lovechriis]

My all time favorite book. The depth of psychological and philosophical themes and characterizations is enthralling. I love your explicit review of this book.