Wuthering Heights -- Tell me your thoughts about this creepy tale...

[Beth in SW WA]

I'm on vacation this week and brought this book along for my poolside reading. Its bizarre but I love it! I'm curious what others think. Thanks in advance!

[Shelbelle7]

Its bizarre but I love it!
:iagree: I couldn't have said it more succinctly myself. Wuthering Heights is absolutely one of my favorites. The reason why, though, is beyond me!!

[mcconnellboys]

I've re-read it again and again over the years and ya'll are making me want to pull it off the shelf right now, LOL! I adore this book!

[ncmomo3]

I read it for the FIRST time a month ago. I adore it. They are so anti-sympathetic; I wanted to feel bad for them--I REALLY wanted to.
I found it delicious and couldn't put it down.

[txchick]

This is probably the only one of its period that I didn't like at all. I usually love this genre.

[hsmamainva]

Ahhh...one of my favorite all-time books!! Heathcliff and Catherine! Gotta love it! :D

[Love2Smile]

Havent read the book, but LOVED the movie! Im going to order it from my library now and read it, good summer reading!:iagree:

[sabrina]

Haven't read it since high school but loved it then.............think I'll read it again soon!

[Beth in SW WA]

I'm mid-way through the book and Heathcliff is getting more and more dark and dimented. When Hareton called him "Devil Daddy" I got chills up my spine.

I'm convinced Emily Bronte was the Stephen King of the 19th century.

Back to the book :)

[Staci in MO]

I love, love, love Jane Eyre and most other classics from this period, but I've never liked Wuthering Heights. Tried to read it in high school and couldn't finish. Didn't like the movie. Finally, a few years ago I trudged through it, thinking that I would like it better with more "life experience." Nope. It's still creepy and weird.

I have a low threshold for creepy, though. I couldn't read Nancy Drew as a child, and The Turn of the Screw gave me nightmares. So I admit that it's probably just me.

I'm glad YOU'RE enjoying it, though.

Although I think you're a little strange for doing so. :D

[ncmomo3]

I'm mid-way through the book and Heathcliff is getting more and more dark and dimented. When Hareton called him "Devil Daddy" I got chills up my spine.

:)

Just you wait....;)

[Beth in SW WA]

Ok, hive mind, I have just read the final paragraph of this most bizarre of all "love" stories.

During the last 6 days, I have read To Kill A Mockingbird and Wuthering Heights. My brain has a lot to digest after these two tales.

Thankfully Heights redeemed itself and the ending was fantastic. I've never met a character like Heathcliff. I doubt I will again...

Thanks, gang, for chiming in. I'd love to hear your thoughts on the ending.

Now to find a light read for the remainder of my vacation...:)

[moki4]

This was the first book I read which sparked my interest in the classics.
Brings back great memories. :)

[sugarplumfairy]

I read it the then was disgusted that I wasted that much of my life! LOL Then I watched the movie that I think I'd seen parts of before and was similarly disgusted but drawn to it at the same time. I've spent a lot of time thinking about it since then and watched the movie AGAIN, and decided I'm drawn to the story in some strange way. They are so obsessed with each other that it's the most tragic love story. I don't know what else to say, it's strange....

[Chris in VA]

If you like it and think it's creepy, check out this song (and creepy Kate Bush singing it!) from the early 80's (I posted it on that thread).

Wuthering Heights (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hv0azq9GF_g)

[Beth in SW WA]

Chris,
OK, now I've seen it all! What a strange song! Is that supposed to be Catherine singing??

Thanks for sharing the link ( I think :) )

[Chris in VA]

Yes, I think it's from "Cathy's" perspective. My dear friend Robin used to sing this song for me--she had a lovely voice. But Kate B is just...creepy.
Glad you enjoyed the book!

[Eliana]

I'm not sure how to describe my reaction to Wuthering Heights... it is definitely not a book I like or even enjoyed, but it was a powerful, disturbing read... and not one I regret. It portrays a view of love which disturbs and, honestly, revolts me, but I am awed by the skill and power of the characterizations - it is a glimpse into an aspect of the human condition which I never would have imagined. ...but it is not a book my high school students are going to read.

My favorite Bronte book, by a wide margin, is Tenant of Wildfell Hall by Anne Bronte - it is the one which rings the most true to me, and the one I reread the most often and with the most pleasure. ...but I fall more on the Jane Austen/George Eliot end of the spectrum - reasoned passion, with my sensibility well leaven with sense.

[Susan in TN]

...for a British Literature class. I loved it. Definitely a bit creepy, but was always one of my favorites because I found myself swaying between love and complete disdane for the characters. I haven't read it for a while; it may be time to revisit.

[2cents]

That is one of my all-time faves! I wanted so badly to see Heathcliff and Katherine ride off onto the moors together...alive...not in the great beyond.

[Beth in SW WA]

This was in the news this week. I thought of our "conversation" here :)

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1033884/Im-just-like-Heathcliff-Wuthering-Heights-says-Brown-extraordinary-claim.html

[Andrea in Dutchess]

loved this book and the older movie version with a famous British actor whose name escapes rightnow.

[Pamela H in Texas]

okay, I never read it.

There, I said it.

Now, question. Say a person is a VERY conservative Christian and very careful about what they read. Would this be one to continue skipping? Or one that anyone a step less conservative than Amish would be okay with?

TIA!

[Beth in SW WA]

Say a person is a VERY conservative Christian and very careful about what they read.

I'm a conservative Christian also -- and it did not offend me at all. The author, Emily Bronte, is a minister's daughter who was a devout Christian.

It is dark and bizarre -- but very intriguing. I've never been so enthralled in a book (since I read Jane Eyre years ago).

Maybe others will chime in.

Let us know what you decide. You could always try it and see what your comfort-level is.