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   Clo
   Clo · Jun 19, 2008

   I was just wondering if anyone else has read this wonderful novel by Emily Bronte.
   
   Or possibly not so wonderful. If you hate it, that's okay too.
   
   I just love it to pieces. Many people say they can't stand it because Heathcliff and Catherine are two vile characters, but that's why I love it. Two horrible, selfish people who love each other so much they can't help but damage each other. An unchanging love that tears down all the people in its path... I just find it all exciting.
   
   And there's a level of madness to it. Love as a mental disease? Heathcliff does beg for torture. It's fun to read about such insanity.
   
   Does anyone else feel the same way? I'm in school to be a teacher, concentrated in English... if I ever teach this book I'm going to spend forever on it. My students are going to hate me!
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   Lauren
   Lauren · Jul 16, 2008

   I must admit that I tried it and put it down, never to be attempted again. I guess I like the idea, but I didn't warm to the narration of Nellie.
   It wasn't so much that I disliked the characters, it was just that I didn't feel the passion. (Not that I persevered so long)
   Anyway, I've watched both the films. Loved the one with Ralph Fiennes and Juliet Binoche, but preferred the older version. How about you?
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   CastlesInTheSky
   CastlesInTheSky · Nov 19, 2008

   Wuthering Heights has to be one of my favourite novels of all time. I love how it defeats social prejudices in the society at that time; but eventually succumbs to them and I love all tales that end sadly. I cannot read all the way through it without finding myself in uncontrollable sobs.
   
   I just adore the magical aspect of it; and the way Penistone Crag is like their refuge in another world; far, far away from all the trouble and strife that they face in reality. And I adore the way that Cathy says that's her forever, standing in the moors. Although she changes through the book and is quite a fickle character; indeed at some parts during the novel I found myself hating her simply because I developed a fond attatchment to Heathcliff.
   
   It is filled with the uncanny understanding of the terrible truths about men and women. This novel haunted me long after I read it; and I'm glad you created this topic.
   
   IHighton, I preferred the old version, I mean the really old one with Laurence Olivier and Merle Oberon. That was the most beautiful adaptation and I nearly loved it as much as the novel.
   
   
   
   Sarah
   xxx

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