Wuthering Heights: (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition)
by Emily Bronte
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Author: Emily BronteIllustrator: Ruben Toledo
Edition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Format: Deluxe Edition
Published: 2009-08-25
ISBN: 0143105434
Number of pages: 352
Publisher: Penguin Classics
Book Reviews of Wuthering Heights: (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition)
Book Review: Obnoxious characters, but beautifully written
Summary: 4 Stars
Wuthering Heights is beautifully written. I fell in love with Emily Bronte and her cadence of language from the very first chapter.
Sadly, I loathed the characters. I sympathized with Heathcliff in the first half of the book and was disappointed to find myself hating him in the second half. I despised Catherine Earnshaw from her introduction in the story until her death. The only character I liked at all was Hareton, and I was happy for the way things turned out for him.
Reading Wuthering Heights made me appreciate Jane Austen so much more than I already did! Emily Bronte's female characters continually made me wistfully think of Austen's Elizabeth Bennett, and long for her to inhabit Thrushcross Grange instead of Catherine Earnshaw. The difference between Austen's female characters and Bronte's is shocking. I definitely take the existence of strong willed women in modern fiction for granted, and this reminded me how ahead of her time Jane Austen really was. I would love to read a piece of Austen fanfic in which Elizabeth Bennet bashes Catherine Earnshaw over the head with a frying pan, usurps her as mistress of Thrushcross Grange, and gives Heathcliff AND Mr. Linton a sound thrashing.
I was surprised that some describe this story as romantic; I didn't find one word even remotely romantic! I appreciated the Gothic and supernatural elements and the wonderful, descriptive writing style. I have a beautiful image of Thrushcross Grange and Wuthering Heights in my head; I can picture the houses and their rooms, the landscape, the gardens and the hills. Despite the personalities of the characters, I really did enjoy this story and I'm glad to have finally read it.
I especially love this new Penguin Classics Deluxe edition. Ruben Toledo's cover is even more gorgeous than the Amazon picture portrays, and the pages and binding are high quality. I definitely plan to purchase the rest of these Deluxe Editions that Penguin has released.
Summary of Wuthering Heights: (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition)
An iconic novel dressed in a fierce design by acclaimed fashion illustrator Ruben Toledo. See the other titles in the couture-inspired collection: Jane Eyre, The Picture of Dorian Gray, Dracula, The Scarlet Letter and Pride and Prejudice.
Ruben Toledo?s breathtaking drawings have appeared in such high-fashion magazines as Vogue, Harper?s Bazaar, and Visionaire. Now he?s turning his talented hand to illustrating the gorgeous deluxe editions of three of the most beloved novels in literature. Here Elizabeth Bennet?s rejection of Mr. Darcy, Hester Prynne?s fateful letter ?A?, and Catherine Earnshaw?s wanderings on the Yorkshire moors are transformed into witty and surreal landscapes to appeal to the novels? aficionados and the most discerning designer?s eyes.
@HeathBar The house is now mine. Since the neighbor has Catherine, I?ll seduce his sister. We?ll see how brave he is when she?s got Heathcock in her.
Girl is preggers. Catherine is dead. My world is over. I?ve become an evil, evil man. Naming my son Heathcliff Jr.
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