Wuthering Heights - Emily Brontë - So You Haven't Read

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So you haven't read what is considered one of the greatest works in the English language, Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë? This gothic novel was labeled "scandalous" and "depraved" because of its defiant beliefs in gender equality, class structure, cruelty, and love between step-siblings in the victorian era. As this story follows the calculated revenge of an adopted child named Heathcliff, against his step-siblings Catherine and Hindley. In a story that will haunt him till the end of his days.

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♪ Outro music: "So You Haven't Read Theme" by Tiffany Roman

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[Cyssane]

Wuthering Heights can also be described as the long-term effects of abuse among family members and/or members of the same household. Hindley abused Heathcliff when he was younger, and then Heathcliff carried that abuse forward into several generations. He not only gets his revenge on Hindley, but he also abuses his wife, his rival's son, his own son, and arguably even his servants.

[commanderminh]

Limbus Company is cooking with new Heathcliff story.

[mollywantshugs]

So basically, the reason that *Wuthering Heights* was controversial was mainly that it criticized Victorian society and the general public wasn’t quite ready to acknowledge how awful society was. That’s interesting. The book itself sounds interesting too, so I should read it at some point

[PeterPan]

“Apparently, the Concord library has condemned Huck as ‘trash and only suitable for the slums.’ This will sell us another twenty-five thousand copies for sure!”

- Mark Twain

[ethankennan]

I just love the “Take that, dead [person’s name]!” Moments. They’re darkly hilarious.😂

[joshliang]

this really helps me with understanding limbus company more

[OhSkyeLanta]

Wuthering Heights is such a clusterfuck, I appreciate you guys breaking it down like this ❤

[anigodess]

I would love to see a video about Jane eyre, by Charlotte Brontë. Their books and their story in general sounds so interesting.

[prettypic]

I find that female horror stories are so much more scary than traditional ones, since they usually carry the asterisk of "this totally happened/is happening right now." no story in high school scared me more than "The Yellow Wallpaper" (which would make a GREAT Halloween episode FYI...)

[jacobdobbins]

Me and the bois reading withering heights instead of wuthering heights

[makinapacal]

Frankly I never understood why anyone would think of Wuthering Heights has a love story it is a novel of revenge. It is remarkable about just how fixated Heathcliff is on revenge so that only very near the end of the novel does Heathcliff let go of his revenge and even so he never repents or regrets his actions. It is a very disturbing novel and most certainly not a gothic romance.

[hancocki]

I suppose in the scene where Catherine was "way above you" she had been running up that hill.

[SamuelSmith-xv]

WHAT HAVE YOU DONE, THE LIMBUS COMPANY FANS, THEY HAVE SENSED US!!!

[zivennesheim]

This was the book that broke my high school anime binge in the late 90s. What an incredible story.

[koalasandwich]

I know this book might be a bit hard to summarize in 10 minutes but I would love to see an episode on Les Miserables

[lillylee]

So because y'all kept bringing up the Kate Bush song, I had to look it up on Pandora, and WOW! How has I never heard this song before. It's actually a really fun song. I ended up listening to it like 3 times in a row and now it's on my "Road Trip" playlist. Thanks for mentioning the song.

[michaelrudolph]

"Heathcliff, Heathcliff, no one should
terrify the neighborhood.
But Heathcliff just won't be undone
has a grudge with EVERYONE."

[outtagoodnamesdangit]

_"Heathcliff, Heathcliff, no one should_
_terrify their rival's brood._
_But Heathcliff just won't be undone_
_holding grudge on everyone."_ -Emily Brontë

[Autumn-Rain]

PROJECT MOON SLEEPER AGENTS ACTIVATE!!!

[draykosanbar]

My favorite novel of all time - so glad to see y'all cover it!