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| Wuthering Heights (Signet Classics) | 
 enlarge | Author: Emily Bronte
Creator: Alice Hoffman
Publisher: Signet Classics
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  2 reviews
Sales Rank: 5494
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 336
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 6.6 x 4.2 x 0.9
ISBN: 0451529251
Dewey Decimal Number: 823.8
EAN: 9780451529251
ASIN: 0451529251
Publication Date: March 2, 2004
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There are few more convincing, less sentimental accounts of love than Wuthering Heights. This is the story of a tormented foundling who falls in love with the daughter of his benefactor, and of the violence and misery that result from their thwarted longing for each other.
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Worthy of its place in the canon April 2, 2008
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
How odd that Amazon does not consolidate the comments on the various editions of this book from different publishers.
I read this book out of a certain sense of obligation -- I'd been reading other 19th century English literature and, with some trepidation, picked up Wuthering Heights to complete the set. The book was wonderful, with fully developed if sometimes quixotic characters, and rapid and often unexpected plot twists. The prose is denser than, say, Jane Austen, but not as bad as the stereotypical gothic novel. The main character, Heathcliff, is famously attractive to women but, as a male reader, I thought he was a thoroughly bad egg. Worthy of discussion, though, especially with women who have read it and are likely to have a different opinion.
Timeless September 8, 2008
One of my personal criteria of a "classic" novel - and a reason these certain books are read and re-read throughout the years - is some kind of illumination of our human nature. 'Wuthering Heights,' in my opinion, is one of these novels. On the surface, it is a love story. But deeper than that, the characters could be any of us. How many times have we been our own worst enemy? In this story, the characters make decisions that we, as the reader, know are the wrong decisions. Yet it is easy to identify with the mistakes that the characters make. Any of us could (and have) made those same wrong decisions. Perhaps this is why this novel has resonated with so many readers and made the story so timeless.
Read it for a good story, then think about it later and put yourself in the character's shoes. I think you'll find it illuminating and something that will stick with you a long, long time.
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