Wuthering Heights
by Emily Bronte is a classic. Classics are worth reading for many
reasons. For one, they have been read so widely and often that there
is much in intelligent discourse that references the content of the
story. Sometimes, references to the classics appears even in less
intellectual entertainment venues like broadcast TV programs. The
more broadly and well-read an individual, the more they are able to
realize reference to classics!
Heathcliff and
Catherine are a legendary pair because of Emily Bronte. Their story
is not necessarily one others would aspire to, but, like Romeo and
Juliet, this story shows a love that lasts beyond the grave. Isn't
that what everyone hopes their love will do? I think so… at least
when that love is new.
I like that the
story is related by someone who has seen the whole thing come to
pass. Bess is not exactly a reliable narrator because she is very
opinionated about what she has seen, but she does provide a
continuous point of view, which makes the story a little bit easier
to digest.
The setting is
completely unfamiliar to me. I've read about moors of England so I
understand what they are like inasmuch as one can without
experiencing them. Still, I think if I had actual experience in/with
them, this story would be even more interesting to me than it is.
Have you read
Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte yet? What did you think of
it?
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