Wuthering Heights (Seasons Edition -- Winter)

Written by Emily Brontë

Narrated by Angharad Price

Emily Bronte’s world is one of dark romance and suspense, but it also has an underlying tone that can be found in her work about nature.

Wuthering Heights is the famous, all-encompassing, passionate, but ultimately doomed love story between Catherine Earnshaw and Heathcliff, and how this unresolved passion eventually destroys them and the people around them.

Today, considered a classic of English literature, Wuthering Heights was met with mixed reviews when it first appeared, mainly because of the narrative's stark depiction of mental and physical cruelty. This novel is set against Bronte’s classic backdrop of crime and punishment and will have you tantalized by nature's beauty--until it becomes clear that love can never be trusted.

Explore a world in Wuthering Heights where the criminal justice system is its own worst enemy, bringing in new meaning to “proof beyond reasonable doubt."

• Language: English
• Publisher: Thomas Nelson
• Release date: Nov 23, 2021
• ISBN: 9780785292623

Emily Brontë

Emily Brontë (Thornton 1818, Haworth 1848), è la terzogenita di un parroco anglicano. Quando la madre muore nel 1821, il padre si ritrova a crescere cinque figlie femmine e un maschio. La tisi si porta via le due sorelle maggiori e le altre, che vengono affidate alle cure della zia materna, vivono anni solitari tra le brughiere selvagge. Nel silenzio della natura Emily scopre la passione per la letteratura. Nel 1842 Emily decide di fare l'insegnante. Del 1847 è il romanzo Cime tempestose che diviene presto oggetto di scandalo: i critici lamentano la mancanza di un fine morale della vicenda. La scrittrice muore di tubercolosi a soli trent’anni, il 19 dicembre 1848.

Reviews for Wuthering Heights (Seasons Edition -- Winter)

[hskey-1 · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

With some books, I'll read them and get the tiniest notion that I may be able to write a novel one day.
Others, I marvel at and am impressed with the author's work.
Books like Wuthering Heights make me feel that Emily Bronte and I are not of the same species. I can't get over she wrote this when she was 20 years old, living in borderline isolation with very little education.
I liked this more than some other classics I've tried - it's weird, it's creepy, it's slow, it's a romance, it's a gothic horror, it's a lot of things that I'm not clever enough to analyze and put in a review here. Lines like "You said I killed you - haunt me, then" are a delight. I have no idea what to make of the narrators, but I felt as miserable, dreary and imprisoned as much as every character present, for better or worse.

[crsyshfr21 · Rating: 2 out of 5 stars]

Hate Cathy and Heathcliff was a fool.

[margarft · Rating: 2 out of 5 stars]

God, everyone in this book is so insufferable.

[smashbasile · Rating: 3 out of 5 stars]

Well. That was. Something. I can't say I hated it. There were parts that I found interesting, but on the whole I find myself wondering what so many people love about this book. Maybe they don't actually love it...

I found it to be depressing, often distressing and hard to follow (which I blame on the structure of the story). I guess it's just another "classic" checked off my list.

[thebooksofwrath · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

Wuthering Heights is classic literature's crowning achievement about spiteful people doing spiteful things to each other, unrestrained vengefulness forever untamed from front to back. There isn't a friendly character in the funereal cast and there's nothing to love about anybody or anything, and it's absolutely brilliant. Brontë teases you with a flossy romance dipped in mud and mire and then turns it on its head and and plunges you down in the marshland until she drowns you in it. Heathcliff is a harrowing villain with whom the reader develops a love-hate relationship, much like Catherine Earnshaw's own emotional volatility, but can you really blame him for who he becomes? A novel full of gothic tragedy and morbid mystery, this is a tight and solid read which safeguards its standing amongst my most beloved novels.

[riida_3 · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

wow...what a bunch of despicable characters, running around chasing their fanciful fancies without considering others (or their own personal histories), driving themselves and everyone around them to misery and more misery...i hated even the narrators.

this is an argument to why we need netflix. i mean, c'mon, binge watch something instead of thinking up miserable means of revenge!

beautifully written book! beautiful, beautiful language! (i say, swooning miserably...). Very evocative (mostly evoked misery). This is why i consider myself a Bronte girl, but I do feel right now that I need me some Jane Austen as a palate cleanser.

[ghost_boy-691444 · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

I have to admit Wuthering Heights was at first hard to follow because of the language and who was speaking. However, as soon as I got into the book I could follow it much easier. My edition had a very helpful family tree in the beginning. My advice anyone is to look at the tree before you read the book (unless you can handle Catherine naming her daughter Catherine).

The part I happened to like the best was the characteristics of Heathcliff. He basically represented the moors themselves. He was dark and brutal, yet had a certain beauty about him. He is one of those characters you either love or hate. I happened to like the character because he was kind of that manly-man character with a wicked past to him.

One thing I should point out is that neither my high school or the Twilight books brought me to Wuthering Heights. I remembered reading in two of Virginia Woolf's books that she liked Wuthering Heights because Emily Bronte wrote differently then most women at her time. So if Woolf liked it, then I have to read the book because Woolf is my favorite author. Also, I still do not see the need for Twilight to reference Wuthering Heights just because of the love triangles. To be honest, the ending of Wuthering Heights is just depressing.

[agentx216 · Rating: 1 out of 5 stars]

Gah! This book is the most horrible thing I've read! Heathcliff is a horrible character! I didn't know I was ever suppose to root for him. He borders on crazy and even crazier. No one should be forced to read this dren. I'd rather be waterboardered than read this again...at least the psychological scars of waterboarding wouldn't last as long!

[mandarella-337035 · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

Simply: Heathcliff and Catherine grew up together as childhood lovers. He is a man without a past (sometimes called a "gypsy"). Catherine is a spunky, free spirited, headstrong woman. Catherine marries Edgar Linton and Heathcliff seeks vengeance. The unresolved passion between Heathcliff and Catherine destroys them, their family and those around them. This is not a tale of romance, instead it is a very deep and dark story about revenge and the generations of families that live on the properties of Wuthering Heights and Thrushcross Grange.

****

My first Brontë was Jane Eyre and I fell in love with Jane as a character. Unlike my love for Jane I don't "love" any of the characters in Wuthering Heights; however, I can say I love Wuthering Heights. I wasn't sure what to expect but I knew I was in for a twisted, dark brooding Gothic Fiction tale (my favorite).

The novel is full of complicated characters and this is a book for readers who understand and can appreciate flawed characters. While the characters are unlikable, I did fall in love with with the atmosphere - the dreariness, the two ancient manors of Wuthering Heights and Thrushcross Grange, and the four miles that separate them.

Heathcliff's character is comprised of the abusive and unloved childhood he experienced, his love and obsession with the only person who ever showed him any kindness (Catherine), and an adulthood as an angry, vengeful and violent man.

Catherine is selfish and vindictive. She married Edgar Linton but still loves Heathcliff. Catherine admits, "My love for Linton is like the foliage in the woods: time will change it, I'm well aware, as winter changes the trees. My love for Heathcliff resembles the eternal rocks beneath: a source of little visible delight, but necessary. Nelly, I am Heathcliff! He's always, always in my mind: not as a pleasure, any more than I am always a pleasure to myself, but as my own being. So don't talk of our separation again: it is impracticable."

While this is a bleak novel that deals with some very complicated people, in the end we are offered the possibility of peace and happiness through Cathy (younger) and Hareton's relationship, and the suggestion that Catherine and Heathcliff were reunited in the afterlife.

[brakketh-1 · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

One of those classic novels that are substantially different from your preconceived ideas. In my head Wuthering Heights was almost a classic romance rather than being a much more complex mix of romance, near horror and everything in between.

[christilee394 · Rating: 1 out of 5 stars]

Unpopular opinion here but I just don't understand the love for this book. Almost every character is self-centered and just horrible, self-centered, vile jerks.

[BeesIsrael · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

It is a magnificent novel, showing the darkest side of humanity. The intimate evil that can dwell in the soul of man. Nothing to do with the coarse romanticism of Jane Austen; here we truly find the characters' real faces: the love between Heathcliff and Catherine Earnshaw is monstrous, yet unforgettable. (Translated from Spanish)

[desiree_reads · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

A beautiful rendition of the classic Wuthering Heights, I reviewed this book for the "extras" it provides, rather than the story itself, as it is one we all know.

The cover on this hardback, both front and back, appear to be gorgeous. The book is also filled to the brim in the margins with small but wonderful illustrations of flowers, birds, feathers, pinecones, and more. One page may be half filled with a handful of dandelion blossoms, while another with warblers on some tree branches. Butterflies, squirrels, owls, and acorns - nature in many forms of lovely watercolors. The artwork is indeed a beauteous accompaniment to the text.

The description of the book also mentions additional content to be included, such as four-color maps, letters, family trees, and sheet music, which I didn't see in the PDF copy I reviewed, so hopefully these neat-sounding features will be included in the actual hardback.

A big thank you to Andrew McNeel Publishing and NetGalley for providing an Advance Reader Copy in exchange for this review.

[moukayedr · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

I read this very long ago in translation and it was also an abridged version. I do remember the main characters, Catherine and Heathcliff, but I am sure that the depth of these characters, their manipulative and sometimes evil ways were not conveyed properly in the translation.

I was fascinated throughout by the cruelty of Heathcliff and his drive for revenge, which knew no bounds. The book is mostly about him, but the object of his love, Catherine is also a selfish, though self-destructive character. These two eventually destroyed each other, leaving a literal trail of dead bodies around them.

The story is a study of the dark side of love, and how it can destroy when it fails to uplift. The choices Catherine Sr. made in her life, set forth a sequence of events that destroyed the lives of her nephew, her sister in-law and almost carried through to destroying her daughter, if the latter did not eventually heal herself by the power of love and forgiveness.

Ultimately it shows that the choice of the heart is always the correct one, rather than the choice of the ego, driven by considerations of status or fear. The most difficult character to understand was Joseph with his Yorkshire dialect, but he added colour to the narrative, and he was almost always full of crap about sin and how bad everyone is. His literal interpretation of the scripture made him especially cruel to the people he considered lacking in morals (almost every normal human being). We all know people like that. Meanwhile the narrator Nellie sounded like a wise person, and enlightened the audience with her insight into the people she knew, and at the same time kept us wondering about their motivation.

The book got progressively darker, I felt. At the beginning I found Mr. Lockwood's description of Heathcliff's family quite humorous, but his mood became more subdued in the latter chapter. Nellie Dean was quite a skilled narrator too and kept me interested, even though using her as a narrator is an antiquated device, I felt.

[gmomaj · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

For some reason, I could never make myself read this book, perhaps because of an ancient movie based on it. It was a wonderful, terrible story and for one who cries easily, a tear jerker! That being said, it's a wonderful book and this Audible edition was very well done.Famous, 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.Today considered a classic of English literature, Wuthering Heights was met with mixed reviews when it first appeared, mainly because of the narrative's stark depiction of mental and physical cruelty. Joanne Froggatt did a wonderful job narrating, although the Yorkshire accent of the servant, Joseph, was very hard to follow.

[terriks · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

Catherine, Heathcliff, the moors, family angst and mad love.

What's not to like here? There's a reason this book continues to draw readers: these are some wild characters. Terrific prose. More violence than one might be expecting. What a tale! Enjoy the ride.

[RocioTamara · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

I love this book! It is a turbulent yet intriguing story that does not go unnoticed. (Translated from Spanish)

[cviedmag · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

A classic of 19th-century literature. At times, I found it difficult to identify the characters; however, the atmosphere in which the novel takes place allows you to travel and connect with that era. (Translated from Spanish)

[ciegaporelpdf · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

What I will always love about this story are the capricious and selfish characters it has. After reading about good, almost heroic people, it was very gratifying to have something more real. (Translated from Spanish)

[andorion-259107 · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

A deeply disturbing book about some seriously messed up people. A significant portion of this book seems to have been the distilled essence of anger, jealousy and violence.

[Tefi 1 · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

It is an excellent classic, for me psychological, very interesting to analyze. I recommend it.
A very dark, harrowing novel. A story of hatred, revenge, and obsession, passionate, violent, tumultuous, and stormy that raises brutal, stark questions. The love of the protagonists, Catherine and Heathcliff, is unhealthy and toxic. (Translated from Spanish)

[mandathestrange · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

An amazing classic that everyone should truly read, I've never read a book that has spurred me to have so many emotions. I experienced Heathcliff's fury, Catherine's moroseness and I could feel the fog on my skin drifting over the moors. It was utterly depressing but in the most beautiful way.

My only hiccup was Joseph's Yorkshire accent, i truly understand that Emily wanted to make this apparent. However it was incredibly hard and frustrating to understand even with the appendix helping me out. However it was clever device.

Emily wrote beyond her years and now I know why this novel will continue to stand the test of time.

I did prefer Jane Eyre, although I know everyone prefers Wuthering Heights. Interesting!

[KadirSheyla8 · Rating: 1 out of 5 stars]

Wuthering Heights is one of the books that has been the hardest for me to finish; of all the classic books I've read, this has been the most complicated. I didn't understand the plot, I didn't find it interesting, Catherine and Heathcliff's decisions didn't make sense, I didn't understand the ending, it left me confused and not in a good way, I didn't even understand some parts. (Translated from Spanish)

[Jorgef06 · Rating: 3 out of 5 stars]

A delightful dance of emotions. Rather, of the hatred and anger of the protagonists. Only the peace of the narrator has guided me along the path that led me to finish it. It's the first time I've imagined a wild landscape of that early 19th-century England thanks to this great novel. I still think there are ghosts in its plot, although several of you have contradicted me, but who knows, friends, maybe you will find them too. (Translated from Spanish)

[drbrand-271246 · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

Jeez—and I thought Blood Meridian was bleak.

[thestrawberrymoon · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

A Romantic Ghost Story very atmospheric.

[soufflebun · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

I have to say that I did read it for school. But unlike many people in my year, I really really liked it. Over the course of the year I read it multiple times because I liked it so much (and yes exams). I'm not entirely sure what drew me to the book... I liked the time span, the narration, the description... It's not a book I would have recognised immediately as a future favourite, it's just sort of sprung up on me.

[suesbooks · Rating: 3 out of 5 stars]

I was disappointed in this classic. I was interested in the book, but the characters were presented as such extremes. This was a horrible love story, not a caring one.

[sofiiiadla · Rating: 1 out of 5 stars]

It may be a classic, but I hated the characters (too selfish) so much that I couldn't finish reading it u-u (Translated from Spanish)

[Vicky41319 · Rating: 1 out of 5 stars]

They say you either love it or hate it, I'm in the latter case. A story that keeps repeating itself and some unbearable characters who keep making the same mistakes and remain completely passive and useless. (Translated from Spanish)