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A review by futurama1979
Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë
5.0
This book is a discussion on class, on race, on gender, on human nature, but most importantly, on love and how it can possess one, all framed in some of the most beautiful prose of the era.
A lot of people's biggest qualms with Wuthering Heights is that "all the people in it are horrible and they just do awful things to each other", and I just can't buy that. Yes, a lot of awful things are done. But each behavior is founded in something(societal pressure, abuse, etc.) that, to me at least, makes most of the characters' actions at least a bit sympathetic. Or maybe I'm just sappy and want to like everyone?
Anyway, if you want a compelling, strange ghost story of a love story, full of an entire cast of developed, fleshed out characters, look no further than here. Brontë dissects a handful of societal issues through the extremely unique lens of Cathy and Heathcliff's relationship and how it impacts both families on the moors for generations.
A lot of people's biggest qualms with Wuthering Heights is that "all the people in it are horrible and they just do awful things to each other", and I just can't buy that. Yes, a lot of awful things are done. But each behavior is founded in something(societal pressure, abuse, etc.) that, to me at least, makes most of the characters' actions at least a bit sympathetic. Or maybe I'm just sappy and want to like everyone?
Anyway, if you want a compelling, strange ghost story of a love story, full of an entire cast of developed, fleshed out characters, look no further than here. Brontë dissects a handful of societal issues through the extremely unique lens of Cathy and Heathcliff's relationship and how it impacts both families on the moors for generations.