Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte Book Review (No Spoilers) | Victober Reads
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- Опубликовано: 5 фев 2025
- A spoiler free book review for Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte which I read for Victober 2024. This is the perfect classic to read in fall or winter!
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Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte
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Victober Prompt: Read a Victorian Book that plays with form
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"Please, Catherine. Appear before me and tear me asunder. Let me see your eyes as I expire."
OH ROUND AND ROUND WE GO
Haley, thanks for making this review. I’m reading through this novel as well, about halfway through. Your review is very thoughtful and in-depth. I felt the same with having my jaw dropped at various parts. Keep making more content!
@@QueenJulie21 Thank you for your kind words! 😄 I hope you enjoy the rest of the novel! It’s a trip but it’s one I’ve thought about a lot after finishing.
Oh man, you've got me wanting to re-read it now, just for that atmosphere and Emily's poetic writing!
@@ChantelReadsAllDay It’s perfect for this time of year! When I watched your vlog, I thought Wuthering Heights would make a great cemetery read 🪦
Read the book in class in grade 8 and loved it. There is a love story, but it's not a romance book. It's a story of family - the good, the bad, and how emotions can lead us down dark paths if we're not careful. Liked your review, especially the comments about Nelly.
@@hm4184 I agree completely! Thank you 😄
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Yes! Her writing is what does it for me. She was so talented.
@@CandlewickLibrary I completely agree! It’s such a literary masterpiece 😄
The great movie with Laurence Olivier and Merle Oberon, along with the Kate Bush song, give people the complete wrong perception.
It's Gothic Romantic Horror centered around the relationships of truly awful miserable people. Written so beautifully though with such pretty over the top expresseive words.
I appreciate your point of view, as so many people make this book sound absolutely horrible. There is something that is drawing me to it, so I keep watching reviews. Thank you for sharing ❤
Edit: have you read any Charles Dickens? He is quickly becoming my favorite! I love Great Expectations so far. I also love Jane Austen.
The characters are horrible and so are their actions but that is what makes the story so gripping so I hope you give it a try! I’m actually reading Great Expectations right now, I’m only three chapters in but I love Dickens’s writing so far, so I think I’ll enjoy it. I read all 6 of Jane Austen’s novels last year because she was my “female author of the year”. I’ll be doing a video on that soon but I LOVE her work! All of her books are favorites.
I do hope you enjoy Great Expectations! He has so many tongue in cheek moments in it. Charles Dickens was definitely a unique author. I want to read through Pride and Prejudice soon, that one seems endearing so far. It’s an easier read than Sense and Sensibility.
Great review! The writing in this book is fantastic, whether you like these characters or not. The book is crafted beautifully.
@@32mybelle thank you! I agree, the book is worth a try for the writing alone. 😄
I know I read this book a long time ago but wow, I have forgotten A Lot about it. I do remember that I was sad and angry when I finished it and hearing this review it's probably because I also thought it was going to be a romantic love story. And it clearly isn't! This review does make me think I should reread it again, now knowing what to expect. Great video!
@@kallistoindrani5689 thank you! I definitely had to read it twice before I knew how I really felt about so I do recommend trying it again now that you know what to expect 😄
@@humblyhaley I will put it on my list but first I am reading Pride and Prejudice and then Fahrenheit 451, in English. (It's not my first language so a bit trickier for me).
The scene of Nelly breaking into Cathy Jr.’s chest, finding her and Linton’s loveletters and sadistically tormenting her gives a very shocking view into victorian child-hatred
I read this for the first time almost 2 years ago. Emily has a beautiful writing style! However, I also feel like I should give a warning anytime I recommend this book to someone 😂
@@kelleymcfadin A warning is indeed entirely appropriate before recommending this book! 😂
I do hope you will read Anne Bronte's The Tenant of Wildfell Hall to complete the trio! As a Christian, it would be right up your alley, and in many ways it's just as remarkable as Wuthering Heights and Jane Eyre.
@@melanie62954 I absolutely will! Your recommendation makes me want to bump it up higher in my TBR so maybe I’ll get to it before the fall/winter season is over 😄
@@humblyhaley Excellent! Anne is unfairly neglected in Bronte studies, IMO. She doesn't write with the same force or poetic genius as her sisters, but her prose is still very elegant, and her insight into human nature just as keen. Scholars have also tended to ignore her because her characters tend to be more conventional in their religious presentation, but that doesn't mean they don't challenge social constrictions or have minds of their own. Agnes Grey is a beautiful story and she is in some ways like Fanny Price, but I think Tenant is Anne's masterpiece.
@@melanie62954 I love Fanny Price so that makes me really want to try Agnes Grey! I will very likely read them both within the next year, thank you for your insight 😄
Jane Eyre is my favorite book as well. If you like Charlotte Brontë you need to read Villette, which is the last novel she wrote before her untimely death; it's an amazing book. Jane Eyre remains my favorite because I read it when I was 12 so it really influenced me as a person, however I do believe that Villette is better from a literary point of view; I love that book so much.
I also recommend Far From the Madding Crowd by Thomas Hardy, it's a great book too, and I totally love Gabriel Oak, one of the main characters, plus he displays some very Christian-lile qualities. Les Misérables and The Hunchback of Notre-Dame are a must as well, both have a very interesting take on Christianity and were written by a man who was not religious yet his faith in God was very strong. If you want something a little lighter I suggest all the Sherlock Holmes stories and novels as well as some of Jules Verne's books. Shakespeare shouldn't be forgotten either: I was so much into Hamlet when I was around 12 that my younger siblings and I would act out some of the scenes.
I grew up reading only classical books (mostly 19th century British and French literature); nowadays I read mostly contemporary fantasy and mystery novels but my love for the classics remains.
@@KolorfulDreamsArtKda these are all some really great recommendations and I appreciate your time in giving them thoughtfully. These are all books I would love to get to, particularly the ones you’ve mentioned on faith. I also don’t consider myself religious but have a great faith in God 🙌🏼 Jane Eyre remains my absolute favorite book as well.
@@humblyhaley if you're not religious yet you have a very strong faith then you'll love Victor Hugo ☺️.
Wurthering Heights has some significant twists, but Jane Eyre is also my favorite and I did not read them until I was in my 40s. 😊
@@SofieBenefieldYorkC7z8 Jane Eyre as a heroine is just my favorite and I admire her character so much 😄
Jane Eyre is brilliant. 😍
When it came out the book was hated; it showed domesticity in a light not then liked. Great book, and often difficult to follow with the names! [Well, I struggled]. Thanks for your thoughts.
Terrible people? They are just ordinary Yorkshire folk!
I guess u'll be voting for trump