Before we get into my review of the book, please keep in mind that these are my own opinions and even thought i am aware that this book is beloved by many as well as an important piece of English litterature, I am entitled to have my own opinions of it.
Now let’s drag this bitch.
Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte – first published December 1, 1847
Summary from www.goodreads.com
At the centre of this novel is the passionate love between Catherine Earnshaw and Heathcliff – recounted with such emotional intensity that a plain tale of the Yorkshire moors acquires the depth and simplicity of ancient tragedy.
This best-selling Norton Critical Edition is based on the 1847 first edition of the novel. For the Fourth Edition, the editor has collated the 1847 text with several modern editions and has corrected a number of variants, including accidentals. The text is accompanied by entirely new explanatory annotations.
New to the fourth Edition are twelve of Emily Bronte’s letters regarding the publication of the 1847 edition of Wuthering Heights as well as the evolution of the 1850 edition, prose and poetry selections by the author, four reviews of the novel, and poetry selections by the author, four reviews of the novel, and Edward Chitham’s insightful and informative chronology of the creative process behind the beloved work.
Five major critical interpretations of Wuthering Heights are included, three of them new to the Fourth Edition. A Stuart Daley considers the importance of chronology in the novel. J. Hillis Miller examines Wuthering Heights’s problems of genre and critical reputation. Sandra M. Gilbert assesses the role of Victorian Christianity plays in the novel, while Martha Nussbaum traces the novel’s romanticism. Finally, Lin Haire-Sargeant scrutinizes the role of Heathcliff in film adaptations of Wuthering Heights.
My review
First of all, let me just put it out there that this is the second time in my life that I’ve read this book. The first time being in University before I dropped out. Now I’m not saying this book made me drop out of uni but i sure didn’t help. The amount of times I fell asleep while trying to read this book then failing the book report which lead me to fail my very first semester of English Lit in uni was a wild time for sure.
This second time, I knew what I was getting myself into but also felt like i owed it to the world of English Literature to give it a second chance so I came prepared. I had the audiobook on hand, the physical copy and so many tabs opened on my computer to help me keep track of all the characters – who all sound like the same person btw – and of what was happening.
Just like the first time I read Wuthering Heights, I found it extremely boring and dare I say, useless? Although I am aware of the book did in terms of the history of English Lit, on it’s own, the story is boring and has no interesting plot, if any. Other than boring gossip (like where was the real tea?) and unseasoned monologues, it gave me nothing. The characters don’t have distinct personalities and are very much lacking body and depth.
The romance, I could not care less for. Maybe I just don’t know what Romance is but Heathcliff is possessive, petty and plain annoying. Catherine on the other hand is just as annoying and terrible. Their love as been called tragic by so many but in my opinion the only real tragedy is me forcing myself to read this for a second time.
If you love this book then I’m sorry but I absolutely hate it and I am never going to pick it up again unless i hit my head and forget everything I have ever done and forget how boring it was.
Oh, and let’s not forget how toxic every relationships depicted in the book are, everyone is either out for revenge and/or to talk shit about someone else – and not in a good way. The book felt like it had no point, no redeeming qualities and no morale other than being boring.
The highlight of the book for me, other than when I reached the last page, was this quote right here;
‘Nelly, do you never dream queer dreams?’ she said, suddenly, after some minutes’ reflection.
It made me giggle.
Ps; queer was used in the sense of strange or eccentric and not the way we know it nowadays.
Anyhow, this was the last time I tried to read this book, I will now be getting rid of my physical copy and try to move on with my life.
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