Paperback, 246 pages

English language

Published July 30, 1997 by Wordsworth Classics.

ISBN:
978-1-85326-001-8
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OCLC Number:
799558028

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4 stars (59 reviews)

Wuthering Heights is the wild, passionate story of intense and almost demonic love between Catherine Earnshaw and Heathcliff, a foundling adopted by Catherine's father. After Mr Earnshaw's death, Heathcliff is bullied and humiliated by Catherine's brother Hindley, and wrongly believing that his love for Catherine is not reciprocated leaves Wuthering Heights, only to return years later as a wealthy and polished man. He proceeds to exact a terrible revenge for his former miseries. The action of the story is chaotic and unremittingly violent, but the accomplished handling of a complex structure, the evocative descriptions of the lonely moorland setting and the poetic grandeur of vision combine to make this unique novel a masterpiece of English literature. (back cover)

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Un roman contemplatif

3 stars

Dans ce roman classique, nous suivons les histoires de deux familles à la fois éloignées en tout, mais pourtant liées du début à la fin du récit.

L'aspect que j'ai le plus aimé est sans aucun conteste les descriptions. Elles prennent beaucoup de place et donne au roman un réel aspect contemplatif. Elles sont absolument exquises et c'est ce qui fait le grand charme du roman. On se dépeint tous les personnages et les paysages à merveilles et on est plongés dans cette Angleterre du début du XIXe siècle.

Le problème à mon avis ? Le manque d'action, on cherche tout au long du roman la véritable action et au final, on se cantonne aux histoires croisées de ces familles. Il m'a donc fallu un certain temps pour réellement m'impliquer mais c'est avec plaisir que je l'ai fais. Je me suis attachée aux personnages, tous avec des caractères bien différents …

Review of 'Wuthering Heights' on 'Goodreads'

5 stars

One thing I've noticed whilst reading classics is when a chap writes a book it is supposedly fantastic, to a lot of modern day readers it can be as dull as a bag of daffodil bulbs, difficult to follow and after a while you feel like you are wading through sludge desperate to get to the end so you can say you finished it....I'm looking at you Mr Dickens. Because of this so many people don't give the classics a go. The few classics I've read written by Ladies (ladies writing books? outrageous, says 1840's me) have been a class above the others, the writing is so elegant, the characters are great and the words pull you right into the story. Wuthering Heights is stunning and one of the reasons why people really need to give the classics a go.

Emily bases the story between two houses on the moors …

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Subjects

  • Heathcliff (Fictitious character) -- Fiction.
  • England -- Social life and customs -- 19th century -- Fiction.

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