i am curently reading the story wuthering heights.
i would like to knoe everyones opinon on the book.
did you like it?
2007-11-23 06:29:40 · 10 answers · asked by Kirsten™ 2 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Books & Authors
Absolutely. It is phenomenal. The emotional depth and complexity of the characters makes for a heart-wrenching story.
2007-11-24 14:08:09 · answer #1 · answered by Herzeleid 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's funny...I had a completely different experience than Wendy B. had. In high school, Wuthering Heights was one of my favorite books. I thought Heathcliff was such an incredibly romantic character. Then I re-read it when I was about 40 and, even though I still enjoyed the book tremendously, I thought Heathcliff was an egotistical mess and what was I thinking in high school?!
Same experience with Dr Zhivago. Thought, Ahhh..so romantic (the actual character) when I was 16 but by my late 30's, I was thinking "what a wimp."
Nonetheless, both great books!
2007-11-23 16:05:31 · answer #2 · answered by lotus4yoga 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Read it in high school ...thirty four years ago. English Literature was my favourite subject and enjoy reading and rereading many of the classics. Wuthering Heights is brilliant
2007-11-23 15:01:53 · answer #3 · answered by ? 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I read it a a teenager and again a few years ago and liked it a great deal, gloomy as it is. The atmosphere is marvelous--the descriptions of the moor and that grim old farmhouse, especially. The characterization is very good, although few of the characters are likable..Depressing, yes, but the ending helps. So read on!
You may find this little bit of irony amusing: Thomas Hardy (you know--Jude, Tess . . .) never read WH because he said he had heard it was depressing.
2007-11-23 14:51:18 · answer #4 · answered by aida 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is my favorite book tied with The Golden Compass. I think that the best part of the story was when Catherine Earnshaw and Heathcliff finally admit to loving each other. Sadly since it is a tragedy storyline Catherine dies the next day from child birth. I think that if Catherine Earnshaw had married Heathcliff instead of Edgar Linton their child's name would be Emmet or if it was girl it would be Alice.
2007-11-23 15:06:04 · answer #5 · answered by Rosalie Cullen 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I read it at school many years ago and quite liked it. Then I re-read it recently, about half a century later, and thought it was brilliant. I couldn't put it down, and, although it normally takes me ages to read a long book, I managed it in a week.
2007-11-23 14:49:30 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's been a long time since I read it (my senior year in high school - I'm now 25) but I remember enjoying the book but not as much as Jane Eyre.
2007-11-23 14:37:52 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
it comes as no surprise to me that a precosciously talented writer would also be a devotee of clasic literature...the written word has a cadence all its own..as for WH, i find other's depictions of it as depressing curious..its been a while since i read it, so details are hazy, but i found it an overall honest portrayal of life, which, on a day to day basis, is pretty much a downer...fortunately we retain the high points and relegate the mundane to synaptic dustbins where they belong...if you like WH might i suggest dostoyevsky's the idiot? i read that at about your age and i'd like to see your reaction to it..
2007-11-23 16:13:06 · answer #8 · answered by mrjones502003 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm reading the book right now!
It's a great book and really interesting but it is VERY depressing! lol.
2007-11-23 14:43:02 · answer #9 · answered by Vampyr 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's my favorite book.
I've read it about once a year since I was twelve years old. (That would make it over twenty times now.)
2007-11-23 19:19:39 · answer #10 · answered by Jess H 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋