Viharni vrh

by Emily Brontë, Rapa Šuklje

Hardcover, 349 pages

English language

Published 1976 by Cankarjeva založba.

(59 reviews)

Wuthering Heights is an 1847 novel by Emily Brontë, initially published under the pseudonym Ellis Bell. It concerns two families of the landed gentry living on the West Yorkshire moors, the Earnshaws and the Lintons, and their turbulent relationships with Earnshaw's adopted son, Heathcliff. The novel was influenced by Romanticism and Gothic fiction. Wuthering Heights is now considered a classic of English literature, but contemporaneous reviews were polarised. It was controversial for its depictions of mental and physical cruelty, and for its challenges to Victorian morality and religious and societal values.Wuthering Heights was accepted by publisher Thomas Newby along with Anne Brontë's Agnes Grey before the success of their sister Charlotte's novel Jane Eyre, but they were published later. Charlotte edited a second edition of Wuthering Heights after Emily's death which was published in 1850. It has inspired an array of adaptations across several media, including a hit song.

60 editions

Tess reviewed Les Hauts de Hurle-Vent by Emily Brontë

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 …

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.

Au final, je suis heureuse d'avoir découvert ce roman et je vous conseille de le faire si ce n'est pas déjà le cas.

Potajito reviewed Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë (Broadview Editions)

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The Gnome King reviewed Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë

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 up North, and it has a real feel of dystopia about it, the place is so desolate, the brief mentions of the nearest town doesn't feel real, these two families could easily be the last living humans alive, their self destructive tendencies makes them stand out even more. What it comes down to is Heathcliff is a bit of a dick, love can survive death and if you wanna live past your 40's then get a job as a servant. This book is my wife's favourite and I can see why, a thoroughly enjoyable read.

My copy of this book is amazing, one of the Penguin clothbound classics, designed by the author of the fox and the star, it looks beautiful and feels great too, each time I picked up the book I had to give the cover a stroke. I have 7 of these books now and will strive to collect them all as they will look so good in a bookcase.

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