Wuthering Heights (dramatic reading)

Written by Emily Brontë

Narrated by LibriVox Community

The story centers on the all-encompassing, passionate, but ultimately doomed love between Catherine Earnshaw and Heathcliff, and how this unresolved passion eventually destroys them and the people around them. There are differing opinions on whether this is the ultimate love story or the ultimate story of revenge. (Summary by Wikipedia and Amanda Friday)

Cast
Mr. Lockwood: Jason Mills
Heathcliff: Bruce Pirie
Catherine Earnshaw/Narrator: Amanda Friday
Ellen Dean: Tiffany Halla Colonna
Joseph: Algy Pug
Edgar Linton: Alan Mapstone
Isabella Linton: Arielle Lipshaw
Hindley Earnshaw: Anthony
Hareton Earnshaw: John Trevithick
Cathy Linton: Elizabeth Klett
Linton Heathcliff: Chuck Williamson
Frances: Charlotte Duckett
Mr. Kenneth: Ken Garrett
Zillah: Caprisha Page
Jabez Branderham/Ostler: Martin Geeson
Mr. Earnshaw: DublinGothic
Robert: Ernst Pattynama
Mr. Linton/Laborer/Servant: Moromis
Mrs. Linton: April Gonzales
Mary: Grace Garrett
Housekeeper: Kristingj
Herd Boy: Donna Winters
Old Woman: Sally Mc
Boy: Katalina Watt

Audio edited by Todd

• Language: English
• Publisher: LibriVox
• Release date: Aug 25, 2014

Emily Brontë

Emily Brontë (1818-1848) was an English novelist and poet known famously for her only novel, Wuthering Heights. The work was originally published in a three-volume set alongside the work of her sister Anne. Due to the politics of the time, she and her sister were given the names Ellis and Acton Bell as pseudonyms. It wasn’t until 1850 that their real names were printed on their respective works. The initial reception of Wuthering Heights by the public was not favorable. Many readers were confused by the novel structure—they had not previously encountered a frame narrative (story-within-a-story) as unique as that of Wuthering Heights. Emily Brontë died from tuberculosis at age thirty, only a year after the publication of her landmark book. Alas, she didn’t live long enough to revel in its legacy; the book later became an iconic work of English literature.