It is pertinent to realise that the Bronte sisters led very unhappy lives. Jane Eyre written by Charlotte Bronte was also about an abusive relationship and written at about the same time. They were girls who grew up with no mother. They died young. They seemed unable to function in society. I think the lives of the Bronte sisters is perhaps where the real gothic story lies.
This is why I’m eager to read their biography, The Brontes by Juliet Barker. Although it’s a massive 1000 page tome so I don’t know when I’ll get to it. I should read Anne Brontë first!
What irks me is that some people out there actually consider this a love story and Heathcliff a romantic ideal! This is light years away from the truth. And then other people consider this book a glorification of toxic love which again is a blatant lie. Wuthering heights tells us about the consuming nature of bullying, obsession and infatuation and the ruinous consequences it brings lasting generations, the tragedy of a man who has been made a monster by the toxic upbringing he has endured and now can't let go of the obsession and revenge for his lover which results in total destruction of him and all those around him. As many tales tell about the beauty of love, this book explores the darker aspect of that very love, without glorifying it at all, and with a rhythmic prose and vivid imagery. My favourite book second to the Silmarillion!
It's so confusing and mind boggling how I can, at the same time, pity so much and hate so much a character (Heathcliff). I certainly do pity him so much it makes me cry. He was not born evil. He was a sweet, normal child in the beginning, but the violence and abuse he got repeatedly, the humiliation, the mistreatment, turned him into a monster that you end up hating and being disgusted at, because he takes his revenge and inflicts it upon innocent people that never harmed him (like poor Isabella and Cathy's daughter) when he should have got his revenge just against Hindley (in my opinion that was well deserved). But even when I hate him the most, and despise him the most, and want him to be severely punished for his actions especially towards Isabella and Cathy's daughter, I can't help but just want him to be reunited with Cathy and just be with her. Even after death. Their being together is the primary NECESSITY of the novel, it's the main driving force of th characters, and it becomes the main necessity of the reader... it's a power much stronger than reason.
That scene where Lockwood sees Catherine’s ghost is one of the most striking scenes I’ve ever read. I read Wuthering Heights for the first time a few years ago and loved it, for much the same reasons as you. While I wish I’d read it when I was a 16 year old goth, I don’t think I would have appreciated it then as a perfect example of the gothic strain of Romanticism (I think of it as big R Romantic rather than small r romance). That quote you used is one of my favourites - “I cannot live without my life! I cannot love without my soul! “. That one and Cathy’s echoing comment “my love for Heathcliff resembles the eternal rocks beneath-a source of little visible delight, but necessary. Nelly, I am Heathcliff”
Haha I was actually tearing through the book trying to find that last line you quoted! I love it so dearly! And you’re right, capital R Romantic books and gothic books share a lot of DNA. I often think of gothic lit as a response to romantic lit in the same way that punk responded to rock and roll.
I'm rereading it and I really like when cathrine tells her husband that his passion is ice water and hers is burning hot. Which is true. I think both her and Heathcliff were the type of person that react and do what they desire despite the outcome and that drew them to each other. I find it interesting that cathrine wanted to marry Linton and have Heathcliff as her consort instead of just running off with Heathcliff. In her mind she thought it was perfect because they would have money and a way out of the misery her brother put them under. She knew she could control Linton as she had him wrapped around her finger. But Heathcliff she could never control. The same goes for Heathcliff though. I'm not sure he would of become rich if he and cathrine ran off and she surely wouldn't be cool with being a begger. I think he needed that hate to fuel him to be rich. Being rich was a way to spite cathrine because it was money and his worth in society that kept her from being with him.
Agreed. But when Heathcliff returned after 3 years of absence he was even richer than Edgar. At that point, Catherine could have left Edgar (divorce was already legal in England at that time) and run away with Heathcliff. They would have had money enough for their entire life and beyond. So what prevented Catherine to leave Edgar, his mansion and go somewhere else with Heathcliff and leave behind all the past and start a new life? The pregnancy? No, Catherine, being with Heathcliff, would have left her kid with Edgar. She craved to be with Heathcliff more than anything else. So why didn't she make that choice? Most likely because she perfectly knew that they both (Catherine and Heathcliff) were such toxic and insane people that even in a different and distant place they wouldn't have been happy in any case. They were too sick to have a healthy relationship, that's why Catherine gave up to the chance of getting a new life with Heathcliff and stayed with Edgar.
Wuthering Heights is my favourite too and I've always felt the similarities between Heithcliff and Frankenstein's Monster. no-one explained this novel as you!
'Wuthering Heights' is one of my favourite classics (don't know what that says about me ;)). This one and 'Master and Margarita'. And I still remember that passage you quoted 'I cannot live without my life, I cannot live without my soul', it stuck with me since I read it years ago!
"Master and Marguerita" is my fauvrite too, I'm just missing English translation. I've got it in Polish than in French, I would love to read it in orginal.
Limbus Company, the 3rd game made by Project Moon taking place in the same Universe as Lobotomy Corp and Library of Ruina just did a GREAT Adaptation of Wuthering Heights with Canto 6
Thanks for talking about this book. It's my all time favorite novel. I know that's almost cliche to say about Wuthering Heights, but there's something about it that seriously affects me. Even saying the name chokes me up in conversations about it sometimes. People will say, "Did your voice just waver?" And I go, "Naw, I think I just... um... swallowed some air.... shut up." Anyway it's hard to find good discussions about it online and people don't read enough anymore, so thanks for the comradery. I've been trying to get my brother and his wife to read it for months, but they don't really do that. I keep giving them books, but they just sit on the shelf. They look good on the shelf, though. My hope is that somebody with my passion for literature will come over to their house one day and say, "Hey, nice! Wuthering Heights! Have you read this?" And it will be the thing that convinces them. I live on the other side of the world from them now so it won't be me, but there must be some bro/sis in arms out there that will convince them. Also Frankenstein's awesome, too. Mary Shelley was a badass.
You've hit it on the head when you talked about "the ferocity of the language". That's what I love the most about this gem, how fierce and intense it is! Which is really odd by the way, because I have crippling anxiety and normally stay away from anything with even a fraction of this intensity. Ironically, that made the unlikeable characters a plus for me (at least in the first half, I did sympathize with young Catherine & Hareton and that made the second half a bit harder to read) because I can enjoy all the turmoil without the worry 😂😂 I wish Emily had the chance to write more books though 💔 We were truly robbed 😭
I have dreadful anxiety as well but literature never has an effect on it for whatever reason. Reading something as intense and bleak as this honestly feels naughty. Like we shouldn’t be privy to the lives of such wretched people lol
I don't just love Wuthering Heights...I AM Wuthering Heights!! (hehe) I just live and breathe this story!!!! It got deeply engrained in my soul since the first time I read it! It's so powerful! It boggles my mind how Emily just invented a story like that.. It's so otherworldly to me. Heathcliff is the most powerful character of all novels in my opinion. It's hard to believe he doesn't actually exist. I guess I'm a bit mad, that's why I love this story so much hahaha. I guess I'm not very normal in the head. I just love to say the name Heathcliff, and to write it, and to hear it... You bet I love the song by Kate Bush and listen to it daily and sing it around the house desperately calling for HEATHCLIFF!! Hahaha I'm laughing but I'm deadass serious, do I have a serious problem? P. S. Don't judge me too harshly, I've been on an airplane /Airport for several hours and I'm starting to lose sanity I'm so tired
Thank you so much for this review. I was not sure I could or even wanted to read this book. I got to chapter 9 and started questioning reading on. I looked up UA-cam reviews and yours enticed me. Thank God! You changed my entire perspective. I love the gothic classic novels. So I'm reading on and loving this novel. I will write you another comment after I have read it through once. Thank you for the clarification and your enthusiasm!
Dude, who are you? Yeah, I clicked it for wuthering heights but damn you're awesome! Half-way thru the vdeo and I forgot all about the book and just focused on the way you effortlessly explained what's a complex tragic gothic epic novel. I've read this book and didn't come across anyone who put into words as well as you did. And I'm not talking about just the summary. Damn your talented
Oh wow, thank you so much! This is an incredible compliment, especially considering I was going through a complete emotional breakdown at the time when I made this video lol (I’m all better now)
I've been putting reading this book off for a while and now you've convinced me - it's definitely going on my summer tbr! Thank you for your wonderful content 😊
I'm not a re-reader of books at all, even when I like them, but I have read Wuthering Heights 4 times, so far. Very similar feelings to your own, I think. I had the impression it was an "epic romance", which didn't put me off reading it, but I was pleasantly surprised when I found it was something much much darker.
@@WillowTalksBooks Wuthering Heights and Emma are the only two I have read more than once. Although I'm thinking of revisiting Far From The Madding Crowd soon too, as I'm in a big reading slump for a few months now, and it might just pull me out of it.
I’ve reread the book over the years for it’s poetry & striking imagery; your review brings new perspectives: hadn’t thought about cycles of abuse nor the creation of “monster”
I just finished reading this book.....and i can't explain how I'm feeling right now and i wanted to know what other people think of this book You've definitely convinced me for a reread of this book and I will P.S i gave this book 3 stars but I cannot wait to read it again and again and bump it up to 5
It is the beauty of the book that I think many people become to enjoy over time. I read it as 16 years old girl and now as 31 years old woman and have totally different feelings about it. Now I understand the abuse aspect of it and can appreciate the beauty in suffering of the characters. I would also suggest you to read it again in a few years. ❤ it’s beautifully horrifying and horrifyingly beautiful.
I love Wuthering Heights. I read it at School. It is so brutal and all consuming. The love in it is fearsome, destructive and incredible. When you remember at the time asking someone to haunt you back then was damning them - it is massively shocking
Loved this video! Thank you for making it. WH is one of my favourite books, I've read it three times now (the last time I listened to the audiobook narrated by Joanne Froggatt and I can't recommend it enough; that scene with Heathcliff shouting, her reading of it gave me chills). Every time I talk to someone about how brilliant this book is and how beautifully written, I preface it by saying please don't go into this thinking it's a romance, it's not. I can see why people think this (especially if they see those quotes taken out of context) but it's a shame, because they end up missing everything else that makes it great. Like you said, what I love most about it is all of the stuff people don't (but totally should) :)
Thank you so much for this, Willow! I have a beautiful hardcover I bought on a whim from my local bookstore last month, I hadn’t read it since high school and always meant to go back to it, but something new and shiny always comes along to push it further back in my TBR. Now you’ve made me so excited to pick it up!
Thank you for this! Wuthering Heights has always been my favorite book. I read it first when I was a teen, and I immediately adored it. I was surprised later in life to hear other people saying they abhorred it. When I read it again in middle age (with more life experience and having been through a close friendship with a narcissist by that time) I recognized many things that I hadn't seen before, and I wondered if it was a good thing that this was my favorite book; I also understood a bit why other people disliked it so much. Then I read it again, and the language just drew me in. "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." What luscious language! Emily Bronte is a poet in both the structuring of the novel and in the way she writes her sentences. She has created unforgettable characters -- characters who are more like forces of nature than like people. I'm finding more and more that I remember very little of what I read; sometimes I can't even remember a book I read last month. But even though I've only read Wuthering Heights 3 or 4 times, in my entire life, I find have whole passages memorized without even having tried to do so. Her writing is that good!
WHAT! I'm supposed to do a presentation about a book tomorrow in class. And I chose wuthering heights, because I love it so much. So I was looking for some inspiration but OMG I love the way you talk and get excited about the book. Your content is just awesome! I subscribed and I will definitely watch the rest of your videos whenever I have time. But I just wanted to say that you're great!
Heathcliff is much more of a sympathetic character in the original movie of 1939 starting Lawrence Olivier than in Bronte's novel. I was shocked by how brutal and cold Heathcliff is in the novel even to his own son. A big theme of novel is the futility of revenge. It never brings happiness to Heathcliff in this world. He is morally punished for his obsession with revenge by having a sickly, weak son who he despises.
I've wanted to read this for a while (since it was referenced in the Freinds episode lol). I think you finally sold me giving it a try. I'm glad to see that you seem to be doing better mentally. Take care of yourself. Thanks for the content.
This was such an accurate and thorough explanation of this beautifully written classic! I just found your channel and am excited to watch your other videos as well 🤗.
Pathetic fallacy… my favorite literary term growing up and ive never heard someone use it so well. This is an awesome video, thanks for sharing your knowledge
Romance is most basically defined as "a feeling of excitement and mystery associated with love." I think that the "burn" you describe with these two characters is incredibly romantic, even if they aren't "happy and healthy." Their lives feel so unenviable and yet I simultaneously yearn to feel what they feel for one another - even knowing the destructive force that such a connection can bring
Loving this video. I recently re read Wuthering Heights and loved it but have to say wasn’t sure why. I think it’s the other worldly nature of the book I like so much. You make so many good points on why this is such a phenomenal book.
I just finished the book last night and I find your video incredibly eloquent and well-put to describe what I've felt reading it as well. Thank you for this ! (One incredible scene I think is when Heathcliff forces Linton, sick as hell, to go out in the fields to meet Cathy in order to force her to come back to Wuthering Heights, the level of cruelty, the description of his sickness and the weird dynamic that it creates between Cathy and Linton is absolutely incredible !)
I loooooove Wuthering Heights! It is one of my most favorite books ever. I first read it when I was 18 and it was the Harper Teen edition, which has a red rose on the cover with a black background. It was meant to appeal to teens who are interested in books like Twilight. I'm now 30 and I still have that edition. The book looks like it has been read many times. 💚😁 Also your edition is beautiful! And the passages you quoted are some of my most favorites from the novel. Although it concerns that some people (mainly straight women from what I've seen) romanticize Heathcliff the way Isabella did 😬 Anyway! Seeing this has made me want to read it again! And sorry for the rambling 😅
Oh my god I remember when publishers did those Twilight-esque covers! And yeah I agree, it’s super problematic that people romanticise Heathcliff! But the same could be said for way too many “romantic heroes” 😬
I disagree with the wording of "Cathy fell in love with Linton" She never ever loved Linton, even though she says she does, I believe. She just saw him as an escape and a solution to take Heathcliff and herself out of her miserable situation. It was a relatively smart plan (although no ethical in the least). She wanted to marry him and use his money to help Heathcliff.
I came here to discover why I like it too😅 I started reading it and couldn't put it down and I can't explain why almost everything is miserable in this book, still I am loving iiiiit
One of the books I’ve re-read many (12+ at last count) times is Jane Eyre. I appreciate and enjoy all of the hallmarks of Wuthering Heights yet no matter how many times I’ve tried I can’t get through it and I dont know why! I love Le Fanu, and Collins and Walpole and Lewis and Radcliffe…. With this review I am once again inspired to take on Emily Bronte! Thank you…
I thing its fantastic the way that some of the characters hate each other and love each other at the same time a book is a very hard read you wouldn't think people would despise each other in this way but it's good at the end of the story when you know both Heathcliff and Cathy are free free from hate and despair and jealousy it's one of my favourite stories
thank you very much for explaining this. I watched the series last night and needed to know more about the genre, about why the horrible story was so compelling
My obsolete favorite book and made me see classical in such a different way. I didn't hate anyone in the book. I loved every second of it. The feeling I had reading this book I always hope to find in other books. I actually just finished Frankenstein and really enjoyed it as well. Def not my favorite but it was great.
I think I have read this books least twice…both times…I hated the characters and did not get why people thought it was a romantic novel. You definitely put it in perspective…it is a gothic novel. I am not into horror…this is a great example of a gothic novel I can enjoy.
I love Wuthering Heights ! It's a ruthless and at the same time pretty satisfying story of revenge, told by unreliable narrators. There's something about bleak revenge stories haha definitely one of my favourites, together with The Count Of Monte Cristo.
100% this! I adore Wuthering Heights and I recently made the mistake of rereading it in a buddy read group. Nobody liked it, they all tore it apart for all the reasons you said and I was the lone voice in the wilderness (or on the moors!) calling out in WH's defence. Same happened with Frankenstein as the book is entirely different from most expectations. But I am a melancholic so these will always be the type of books that call to me.
Wuthering Heights is the love story. But I think not a lot of people will understand it. Not unless you have lived a story alike. For some women social status and emotional attachment are major issues even if that means giving up marrying the love of your life.
I've tried several times to read this novel, but never got into it. I am guilty of thinking that Wuthering Heights is a romance novel. Your video taught me otherwise. Thank you. I've started reading it again.
I think people are confusing the movie, the one with Lawrence Olivier with the book. That particular movie was romantic and made me fall in love with Wuthering Heights, but the book was quite Gothic as you said. I got the impression from the book that Heathcliff, was a dark skinned gypsy or a Black man.
Wuthering Heights is my favorite book. So complex. Dark loops of karma and obsessive thinking. People fall into wanting an epic dark tragic romantic soul mate…..also it is an indictment of the violent vindictive patriarchy which thrives on abuse of children and women I am a screenwriter and novelist who wants to do a movie of Wuthering Heights . It has never been done well. Robert Pattinson would be an epic Heathcliff. Or a Romani actor. Kate bush epic Wuthering Heights song as the soundtrack. I can read the Akashic records and Emily Brontë is reincarnated as Joyce Carol Oates… dark gothic, prolific writer… look at photos of both of them….this was the best take on Wuthering Heights I have heard.
People conflate Romantic with romantic. The Romantic is a gothic adjacent literary and aesthetic tradition of late 18th early 19th century that was a response to the Enlightenment. Themes of natural, wildness, inspiration, subjectivity, passion, storms, human emotion unbound. Its often talked about re the lake poets Coleridge, Shelley, Wordsworth etc and typified by Lord Byron whose poetry was dark alluring moody and wild. Later the term romantic evolved to be associated with desirious love because when ppl fall in love they are often moody and tornentous and passionate. Eventually "romantic " as a casual term evolved to mean something more akin to chivalric courty love of 13th century with some passion and mood thrown in. Ie "romance novels". People hear Wuthering heights is Romantic and they expect a "romance". Healthcliff is a Romantic Byronic hero because he is Romantic (ie savage brooding and uncontrolled) and a hero (a main male character) but that does not mean he is "romantic" or "heroic" by the regular definitions used nor meant as an object of female desire/a potentially attractive mate the way, say, Austen's Mr. D'arcy is. Now D'Arcy is very civilized and aloof not really Romantic at all. But because he is meant to be an attractive mate for heroine we might say he is "romantic". Austen wrote satirical novels of wit and manners, not Gothic/Romantic genre, however her novels revolved around courtship as marriage was the only business decision a middle class woman of her time and place could make and a one time gamble which she staked her entire life on. So its "romantic" in the sense of revolving around chivalry rules of courtship.
Wish I saw this before I starting reading the book, I thought there was something wrong with me as I read because I keep thinking “these people are awful, this isn’t romantic, they are not nice” I am still reading it and have a far bit left but this genuinely makes me want to continue reading but with a completely different view.
I've been putting off reading this book for a while now and was really bored in the first two chapters but I'm so glad that I push through,the story is fascinating and I'm really enjoying it now, I'm in chapter 13 atm:)) update: I loved this book and gave it 4 stars !!
I have to admit to never reading "Wutherinig Heights" , because I tought it is a romance. I hate romance books, it's completely not my jam. If someone sold it to me as a gothic novel I would have read it long time ago. The book I've read multiple times and is special to me is "Master and Marguerite", I love it from my second reading. I'm not sure if it resonate the same way with someone who's outside the ex-soviet block. It's one of the books I go back to when I feel depressed together with a polish author who use to write funny crime novels with specific language and wit to them, that's my self-help package. There is also "American gods" which I've read more then once in different languages which is always fun.
Master and Margarita is a book I’ve been meaning to read for years and years! I’ll get to it soon. And I’ve also recently had the urge to reread American Gods, my favourite Gaiman novel :)
i found your channel through this video i read this book in education looking at it as a romance (as that was the angle of the curse) and i hated it some 10 or so years later i decided to give it another go and agree with every thing you said in your review
I really adored your comments on my favorite book of all time... I want to feel that love but I don't want to live within a love like that... If makes sense 😅. Great vídeo, I will see other videos of yours.
Great job! I agree that this is one of the top 10 greatest novels of all time and one of my favorites as well. I do however warn everyone that I know to never read it. It would be better to jump into a pit of hungry lions for 4 or 5 days. If you do choose to read it, it cannot be denied that this story is an absolute masterpiece of unsurpassable literature! I loved it.
I like Wuthering Hights a lot for it's beautiful language. But I love the Monk by M.G. Lewis even more. Both are great stories. So sad Emily didn't write anything else.
@@WillowTalksBooks You really should. It such a rollercoaster of events and emotions. First all the characters that were introduced I got a little confused with, but maybe that was because I was reading the english original and english is not my native language. I'm sure you will also like The Monk a lot.
I just finished wuthering heights audio book, read by Joanne Froggatt. It was an experience all together. I just loved the book. I'm 28 yo, I do think you'd rather be older to fully enjoy this book. But the characters, their flaws, it's just way too good
Wuthering Heights is easily one of the best written works in the english language. That being said, can somebody help a girl in need and tell me similiar books to wuthering heights? I will leave the definition of 'similiar' to you, even just similiar vibe is fine! I will definitely check it out:) (Edit: Forgot to mention how much I enjoyed the video! I have been waiting for this ever since the idea was mentioned in the book tag video)
To my shame I still haven't read this. It falls firmly into the category of "books I'm convinced I'll love but inexplicably haven't picked up yet". You will be the first to know when I finally get to it.
The Dark Side of the Moors In a galaxy far, far away... Heathcliff, a powerful Sith Lord, ruled over the planet Yorkshire-4 with an iron fist. His dark side powers were matched only by his unyielding passion for Princess Catherine, the beautiful and fiery ruler of the neighboring planet, Thrushcross. Their love was forbidden, yet they couldn't resist each other. Catherine's strong will and determination drew Heathcliff in, and he reveled in her fierce spirit. Together, they navigated the complexities of intergalactic politics and the constant threat of the Jedi Order. Edgar Linton, a rising Jedi Knight, had long been infatuated with Catherine. His noble heart and unwavering dedication to justice made him a formidable opponent against the dark side. Though Catherine valued Edgar's friendship, her heart belonged to Heathcliff. Tragedy struck when Catherine fell ill with a mysterious disease. The best medical minds in the galaxy couldn't save her, and she passed away in Heathcliff's arms. Consumed by grief and rage, Heathcliff's connection to the dark side intensified. "Heathcliff, don't let your anger consume you," Edgar pleaded, attending Catherine's funeral. "She wouldn't want that." Heathcliff's response was a fierce Force-choke, nearly ending Edgar's life. "You never understood her, Jedi," Heathcliff snarled. "You never understood us." Heathcliff's descent into darkness accelerated. He became obsessed with resurrecting Catherine, delving deep into forbidden Sith rituals. His powers grew, but at a terrible cost. His physical appearance began to distort, reflecting the darkness within. Edgar, now a respected Jedi Master, sensed the growing darkness and vowed to stop Heathcliff. Their epic battles ravaged the galaxy, with Heathcliff seeking to exploit the Jedi's weakness: compassion. "Your love for Catherine was a weakness, Heathcliff," Edgar declared during their final confrontation. "It's what drove you to the dark side." Heathcliff's retort was a snarl of rage: "My love for Catherine is what makes me unstoppable. And with her by my side, I'll rule the galaxy." In a shocking display of dark side power, Heathcliff conjured a spectral image of Catherine. The illusion was so real, so captivating, that Edgar hesitated. Heathcliff seized the opportunity, striking down the Jedi Master. As Edgar lay dying, Heathcliff whispered, "You took her from me. Now, you'll join her in eternity." With Edgar's defeat, Heathcliff's reign of terror seemed unending. Yet, in moments of solitude, the Sith Lord's mask of darkness would slip, revealing the tortured soul beneath, forever longing for his lost love, Catherine. *Epilogue* A mysterious energy signature, reminiscent of Catherine's, appeared on the outskirts of the galaxy. Rumors spread of a long-lost sister, hidden away for protection. Heathcliff's obsession reignited, and his quest for power and revenge took on a new dimension. The dark side's hold on Heathcliff tightened, but a glimmer of hope emerged: perhaps, just perhaps, his love for Catherine could be rekindled, and redemption awaited in the shadows. The Lost Heir of Thrushcross Years after Edgar Linton's fall, Heathcliff's tyranny seems unshakeable. His dark side powers have reached unprecedented heights, and his spectral image of Catherine remains his constant companion. *The Discovery* On the remote planet of Netherwood, a young woman named Henrietta begins experiencing strange visions and unexplained connection to the Force. Unbeknownst to her, she's Catherine's long-lost sister, hidden away for protection. Heathcliff learns of Henrietta's existence and becomes obsessed with finding her, believing she holds the key to resurrecting Catherine. He dispatches his deadliest Sith apprentices to capture Henrietta. *The Jedi's Return* Edgar Linton, miraculously alive thanks to ancient Jedi healing techniques, emerges from hiding. He seeks to stop Heathcliff and protect Henrietta, who reminds him of Catherine's fiery spirit. Edgar finds Henrietta on Netherwood, and together they embark on a perilous journey to unravel the mysteries of her past and her connection to the Force. *The Battle for Henrietta* Heathcliff's forces close in, leading to an epic confrontation on the planet Havenstone. Edgar and Henrietta face off against Heathcliff and his Sith apprentices. As the battle rages, Henrietta discovers her own latent powers and confronts Heathcliff. The Sith Lord is torn between his obsession with Catherine's ghost and his growing fascination with Henrietta. *The Turning Point* Henrietta's words pierce Heathcliff's armor: "You're not the man Catherine loved. The dark side has consumed you." Heathcliff's grip on the dark side falters, and for an instant, his humanity resurfaces. Edgar seizes the opportunity, striking down Heathcliff's apprentices. *The Aftermath* Heathcliff, gravely injured, is taken into Jedi custody. Edgar, weary of war, passes on his Jedi mantle to Henrietta. The young woman begins her training, determined to restore balance to the Force. As Heathcliff recuperates, he's haunted by visions of Catherine and Henrietta. The ghosts of his past converge, forcing him to confront the destruction his obsession has wrought. *The Question* Will Heathcliff find redemption, or will the darkness reclaim him? Can Henrietta, with her newfound powers, bring hope to a galaxy ravaged by tyranny? The Balance of the Force Years have passed since Heathcliff's defeat. Henrietta, now a powerful Jedi Master, has brought stability to the galaxy. Edgar Linton, having passed on his mantle, serves as a wise Jedi Elder. Heathcliff, imprisoned on the remote planet of Dagobah, has spent years reflecting on his past. The darkness that once consumed him has begun to recede, replaced by a glimmer of redemption. _Catherine's Legacy_ Henrietta discovers an ancient holographic message from Catherine, hidden away for safekeeping. The message reveals Catherine's ultimate wish: for Heathcliff to find peace and balance within the Force. Moved by Catherine's words, Heathcliff begins to grasp the true nature of his obsession. He realizes that his love for Catherine was never about possessing her, but about understanding and sharing her passion for life. _The Final Confrontation_ A new Sith threat emerges in the form of Hindley Earnshaw, Heathcliff's brother, who seeks to claim the galaxy for himself. Henrietta and Edgar prepare for battle, but Heathcliff, sensing an opportunity for redemption, joins forces with the Jedi. Together, they face Hindley on the planet Yorkshire-4. The battle rages, with Heathcliff confronting his brother and the darkness that once defined him. _Redemption and Sacrifice_ Heathcliff makes a heroic sacrifice, using his mastery of the dark side to defeat Hindley and shatter the Sith's hold on the galaxy. As he succumbs to his wounds, Catherine's spectral image appears, her eyes shining with pride. "Heathcliff, my love," she whispers, "you've found balance. You've found peace." With his final breath, Heathcliff smiles, knowing that his journey has come full circle. The darkness that once consumed him has given way to the light. _Epilogue_ Henrietta and Edgar stand vigil over Heathcliff's grave, surrounded by the scenic beauty of Yorkshire-4. The galaxy is at peace, thanks to the sacrifices of those who came before. "Heathcliff's story is a reminder," Edgar says, "that even the darkest of souls can find redemption." Henrietta nods, her eyes gazing toward the horizon. "And that love can transcend even death itself." The trilogy concludes with a sense of closure, hope, and renewal. THE END. Reflections: - Heathcliff's journey from darkness to redemption serves as a testament to the transformative power of love and self-reflection. - Henrietta's growth into a powerful Jedi Master symbolizes the potential for new beginnings and the continuation of Catherine's legacy. - Edgar's wisdom and guidance underscore the importance of mentorship and passing on knowledge to future generations.
is it horrible of me to think that this novel (even after watching this review) is incredibly romantic? i think refusing to let yourself or your lover move on, even at the cost of others around you and yourself, is just so lovely. you would rather sit in the wet disgusting trenches of your misery than be parted from them. then again, i say this as someone who really loves the tv show hannibal and the novel twins by bari wood so
Oh no, not at all! I feel the same way. The way that Cathy and Heathcliff talk about each other, and the way they destroy everything around them for their love, is very sexy lol. It’s just also cursed and abusive and wrong. But there’s a guilty part of me that finds it all so darkly romantic and I think that’s intentional!
More than “hating the characters,” I think the point of the book is to question the veracity and motives of the people telling the story. While Catherine's diary and Isabella's letter are probably the most reliable sources, Lockwood's insights are usually off and Nelly doesn't like Catherine so she gives biased narration. You describe Mr. Earnshaw as being “a lovely man” but he overtly favors Heathcliff over Hindley and Catherine. This activates Hindley's resentment and mistreatment of Heathcliff, who then reacts with revenge. Bronte depicts the cycle of abuse but shows it can be broken via Hareton, who embodies both Catherine (who he looks like) and Heathcliff (whose station he shares) more than their actual children.
You just listed all the reasons i absolutely love this book. My favorite of the Bronte novels. All the Brontes wrote awful horrible characters. I love it!
Pathetic fallacy is when the weather reflects the mood and emotions of the moment. Personification is treating objects and bits of scenery like they’re people. So in Wuthering Heights, the isolation and grey skies and dead landscape reflect the characters’ actions and feelings. That’s pathetic fallacy.
It took me forever to go through this book. I kept starting it and leaving it. I'm finally reading it now, and keep in mind I love gothic and dramatic stories, but this! 😂 oh my God, these people are sooo dramatic, Jesus! I was constantly saying "aaand scene!" every time they had one of those terrible fights where they cry and kiss and a second later they curse eachother 😂 I literally got to this video by googleing for "Seriously, Wuthering Heights, what the f**k?!"
What your statement about the book is does count for modern day romance as well. In life, in general, this day in age, a lot of peoples so called “romance” isn’t “romance” at all. There’s a lot of mistreatment, misplaced feelings, misinterpretation in feelings in relationships. I see a lot of people thinking they got what they call real love while they really don’t. There are people in relationships that don’t even know the true feelings of their partner and a lot of ppl can’t handle love matters the way they should. Look at the devorce ratings. At least Heathcliff an Catherine really had the deepest love and connection in the deepest of both their feelings but didn’t live accordingly and were often disconnected by outside forces and people who didn’t want them together. How do you expect to understand literature about a deep love like that if you can’t handle the depth of these kinds of deep rooted feelings yourself I ask you? That’s why different people read this literature where “Wuthering Heights” belongs to very, very …very differently and come to different summaries because it’s understood differently…
"Please, Catherine. Appear before me and tear me asunder. Let me see your eyes as I expire."
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It is pertinent to realise that the Bronte sisters led very unhappy lives. Jane Eyre written by Charlotte Bronte was also about an abusive relationship and written at about the same time. They were girls who grew up with no mother. They died young. They seemed unable to function in society. I think the lives of the Bronte sisters is perhaps where the real gothic story lies.
This is why I’m eager to read their biography, The Brontes by Juliet Barker. Although it’s a massive 1000 page tome so I don’t know when I’ll get to it. I should read Anne Brontë first!
@@WillowTalksBooks I should read Anne Bronte too.
Have you read the biographies of Emily?
What irks me is that some people out there actually consider this a love story and Heathcliff a romantic ideal! This is light years away from the truth. And then other people consider this book a glorification of toxic love which again is a blatant lie. Wuthering heights tells us about the consuming nature of bullying, obsession and infatuation and the ruinous consequences it brings lasting generations, the tragedy of a man who has been made a monster by the toxic upbringing he has endured and now can't let go of the obsession and revenge for his lover which results in total destruction of him and all those around him. As many tales tell about the beauty of love, this book explores the darker aspect of that very love, without glorifying it at all, and with a rhythmic prose and vivid imagery. My favourite book second to the Silmarillion!
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It's so confusing and mind boggling how I can, at the same time, pity so much and hate so much a character (Heathcliff).
I certainly do pity him so much it makes me cry. He was not born evil. He was a sweet, normal child in the beginning, but the violence and abuse he got repeatedly, the humiliation, the mistreatment, turned him into a monster that you end up hating and being disgusted at, because he takes his revenge and inflicts it upon innocent people that never harmed him (like poor Isabella and Cathy's daughter) when he should have got his revenge just against Hindley (in my opinion that was well deserved).
But even when I hate him the most, and despise him the most, and want him to be severely punished for his actions especially towards Isabella and Cathy's daughter, I can't help but just want him to be reunited with Cathy and just be with her. Even after death. Their being together is the primary NECESSITY of the novel, it's the main driving force of th characters, and it becomes the main necessity of the reader... it's a power much stronger than reason.
I just love love the way you summarised it
That scene where Lockwood sees Catherine’s ghost is one of the most striking scenes I’ve ever read. I read Wuthering Heights for the first time a few years ago and loved it, for much the same reasons as you. While I wish I’d read it when I was a 16 year old goth, I don’t think I would have appreciated it then as a perfect example of the gothic strain of Romanticism (I think of it as big R Romantic rather than small r romance). That quote you used is one of my favourites - “I cannot live without my life! I cannot love without my soul! “. That one and Cathy’s echoing comment “my love for Heathcliff resembles the eternal rocks beneath-a source of little visible delight, but necessary. Nelly, I am Heathcliff”
Haha I was actually tearing through the book trying to find that last line you quoted! I love it so dearly! And you’re right, capital R Romantic books and gothic books share a lot of DNA. I often think of gothic lit as a response to romantic lit in the same way that punk responded to rock and roll.
@@WillowTalksBooks it’s p.79 in my edition. The end of the conversation Heathcliff overhears & runs away before he hears that bit
I'm rereading it and I really like when cathrine tells her husband that his passion is ice water and hers is burning hot. Which is true. I think both her and Heathcliff were the type of person that react and do what they desire despite the outcome and that drew them to each other.
I find it interesting that cathrine wanted to marry Linton and have Heathcliff as her consort instead of just running off with Heathcliff. In her mind she thought it was perfect because they would have money and a way out of the misery her brother put them under. She knew she could control Linton as she had him wrapped around her finger. But Heathcliff she could never control. The same goes for Heathcliff though. I'm not sure he would of become rich if he and cathrine ran off and she surely wouldn't be cool with being a begger. I think he needed that hate to fuel him to be rich. Being rich was a way to spite cathrine because it was money and his worth in society that kept her from being with him.
Agreed. But when Heathcliff returned after 3 years of absence he was even richer than Edgar. At that point, Catherine could have left Edgar (divorce was already legal in England at that time) and run away with Heathcliff. They would have had money enough for their entire life and beyond. So what prevented Catherine to leave Edgar, his mansion and go somewhere else with Heathcliff and leave behind all the past and start a new life? The pregnancy? No, Catherine, being with Heathcliff, would have left her kid with Edgar. She craved to be with Heathcliff more than anything else. So why didn't she make that choice? Most likely because she perfectly knew that they both (Catherine and Heathcliff) were such toxic and insane people that even in a different and distant place they wouldn't have been happy in any case. They were too sick to have a healthy relationship, that's why Catherine gave up to the chance of getting a new life with Heathcliff and stayed with Edgar.
Wuthering Heights is my favourite too and I've always felt the similarities between Heithcliff and Frankenstein's Monster.
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I’m so glad you agree and get what I mean!
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'Wuthering Heights' is one of my favourite classics (don't know what that says about me ;)). This one and 'Master and Margarita'. And I still remember that passage you quoted 'I cannot live without my life, I cannot live without my soul', it stuck with me since I read it years ago!
Master and Margarita has been on my list for years!! The shame that I still haven’t gotten to it!
@@WillowTalksBooks oh definitely - it's marvellously weird 🥰
"Master and Marguerita" is my fauvrite too, I'm just missing English translation. I've got it in Polish than in French, I would love to read it in orginal.
Limbus Company, the 3rd game made by Project Moon taking place in the same Universe as Lobotomy Corp and Library of Ruina just did a GREAT Adaptation of Wuthering Heights with Canto 6
I did not expect to find a sleeper agent here. Good job comrade. Drag em into the fandom!
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Thanks for talking about this book. It's my all time favorite novel. I know that's almost cliche to say about Wuthering Heights, but there's something about it that seriously affects me. Even saying the name chokes me up in conversations about it sometimes. People will say, "Did your voice just waver?" And I go, "Naw, I think I just... um... swallowed some air.... shut up." Anyway it's hard to find good discussions about it online and people don't read enough anymore, so thanks for the comradery. I've been trying to get my brother and his wife to read it for months, but they don't really do that. I keep giving them books, but they just sit on the shelf. They look good on the shelf, though. My hope is that somebody with my passion for literature will come over to their house one day and say, "Hey, nice! Wuthering Heights! Have you read this?" And it will be the thing that convinces them. I live on the other side of the world from them now so it won't be me, but there must be some bro/sis in arms out there that will convince them. Also Frankenstein's awesome, too. Mary Shelley was a badass.
You've hit it on the head when you talked about "the ferocity of the language". That's what I love the most about this gem, how fierce and intense it is! Which is really odd by the way, because I have crippling anxiety and normally stay away from anything with even a fraction of this intensity. Ironically, that made the unlikeable characters a plus for me (at least in the first half, I did sympathize with young Catherine & Hareton and that made the second half a bit harder to read) because I can enjoy all the turmoil without the worry 😂😂 I wish Emily had the chance to write more books though 💔 We were truly robbed 😭
I have dreadful anxiety as well but literature never has an effect on it for whatever reason. Reading something as intense and bleak as this honestly feels naughty. Like we shouldn’t be privy to the lives of such wretched people lol
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"HEATHCLIFF!!!!!!"
I don't just love Wuthering Heights...I AM Wuthering Heights!! (hehe)
I just live and breathe this story!!!! It got deeply engrained in my soul since the first time I read it! It's so powerful!
It boggles my mind how Emily just invented a story like that.. It's so otherworldly to me.
Heathcliff is the most powerful character of all novels in my opinion. It's hard to believe he doesn't actually exist. I guess I'm a bit mad, that's why I love this story so much hahaha. I guess I'm not very normal in the head. I just love to say the name Heathcliff, and to write it, and to hear it... You bet I love the song by Kate Bush and listen to it daily and sing it around the house desperately calling for HEATHCLIFF!! Hahaha I'm laughing but I'm deadass serious, do I have a serious problem?
P. S. Don't judge me too harshly, I've been on an airplane /Airport for several hours and I'm starting to lose sanity I'm so tired
I've had the Kate Bush song on repeat since I heard it, It just really sets up the vibe
I've only just started the book but I already love it so much
God......finally someone I can truly relate to when it comes to wuthering heights.........its not just a favourite book to us its our soul.
Thank you so much for this review. I was not sure I could or even wanted to read this book. I got to chapter 9 and started questioning reading on. I looked up UA-cam reviews and yours enticed me. Thank God! You changed my entire perspective. I love the gothic classic novels. So I'm reading on and loving this novel. I will write you another comment after I have read it through once. Thank you for the clarification and your enthusiasm!
Dude, who are you? Yeah, I clicked it for wuthering heights but damn you're awesome! Half-way thru the vdeo and I forgot all about the book and just focused on the way you effortlessly explained what's a complex tragic gothic epic novel. I've read this book and didn't come across anyone who put into words as well as you did. And I'm not talking about just the summary. Damn your talented
Oh wow, thank you so much! This is an incredible compliment, especially considering I was going through a complete emotional breakdown at the time when I made this video lol (I’m all better now)
@@WillowTalksBooks woah, honestly surprised.. you seemed kinda vibrant and radiant sort of.. glad you're good now
Ohhh round and round we go ~
You on a ride or something, aye?
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The story where its chapter is based on Wuthering Heights has that as the final fight theme
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Holding on to pain, Driven by our egos
Driven by our egos
I've been putting reading this book off for a while and now you've convinced me - it's definitely going on my summer tbr! Thank you for your wonderful content 😊
omg same!!!
You’re so welcome! Just brace yourself for all the awfulness I just mentioned lol
I'm not a re-reader of books at all, even when I like them, but I have read Wuthering Heights 4 times, so far. Very similar feelings to your own, I think. I had the impression it was an "epic romance", which didn't put me off reading it, but I was pleasantly surprised when I found it was something much much darker.
Word for word what happened to me! I’m terrible at rereading, but not when it comes to Wuthering Heights.
@@WillowTalksBooks Wuthering Heights and Emma are the only two I have read more than once. Although I'm thinking of revisiting Far From The Madding Crowd soon too, as I'm in a big reading slump for a few months now, and it might just pull me out of it.
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I just read Wuthering Heights and was so excited when this video was recommended!! Love this channel
I’ve reread the book over the years for it’s poetry & striking imagery; your review brings new perspectives: hadn’t thought about cycles of abuse nor the creation of “monster”
Honestly the monster thing came to me as I was rambling lol
@@WillowTalksBooks valuable inspiration 💛
I just finished reading this book.....and i can't explain how I'm feeling right now and i wanted to know what other people think of this book
You've definitely convinced me for a reread of this book and I will
P.S i gave this book 3 stars but I cannot wait to read it again and again and bump it up to 5
It is the beauty of the book that I think many people become to enjoy over time. I read it as 16 years old girl and now as 31 years old woman and have totally different feelings about it. Now I understand the abuse aspect of it and can appreciate the beauty in suffering of the characters. I would also suggest you to read it again in a few years. ❤ it’s beautifully horrifying and horrifyingly beautiful.
I love Wuthering Heights. I read it at School. It is so brutal and all consuming. The love in it is fearsome, destructive and incredible. When you remember at the time asking someone to haunt you back then was damning them - it is massively shocking
Loved this video! Thank you for making it. WH is one of my favourite books, I've read it three times now (the last time I listened to the audiobook narrated by Joanne Froggatt and I can't recommend it enough; that scene with Heathcliff shouting, her reading of it gave me chills). Every time I talk to someone about how brilliant this book is and how beautifully written, I preface it by saying please don't go into this thinking it's a romance, it's not. I can see why people think this (especially if they see those quotes taken out of context) but it's a shame, because they end up missing everything else that makes it great. Like you said, what I love most about it is all of the stuff people don't (but totally should) :)
I’m so glad you get exactly where I’m coming from! And thanks for recommending a great audiobook of it!
This book has been sitting there in my bookshelf for more than a year now..but you`ve successfully convinced me to read it..Thank you💜
Hooray! Great news. Just go in with the right expectations.
Thank you so much for this, Willow! I have a beautiful hardcover I bought on a whim from my local bookstore last month, I hadn’t read it since high school and always meant to go back to it, but something new and shiny always comes along to push it further back in my TBR. Now you’ve made me so excited to pick it up!
The new and shiny books do such a great job of pushing the older ones away! Glad I found time to read this gem again :)
Thank you for this! Wuthering Heights has always been my favorite book. I read it first when I was a teen, and I immediately adored it. I was surprised later in life to hear other people saying they abhorred it. When I read it again in middle age (with more life experience and having been through a close friendship with a narcissist by that time) I recognized many things that I hadn't seen before, and I wondered if it was a good thing that this was my favorite book; I also understood a bit why other people disliked it so much. Then I read it again, and the language just drew me in. "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." What luscious language! Emily Bronte is a poet in both the structuring of the novel and in the way she writes her sentences. She has created unforgettable characters -- characters who are more like forces of nature than like people. I'm finding more and more that I remember very little of what I read; sometimes I can't even remember a book I read last month. But even though I've only read Wuthering Heights 3 or 4 times, in my entire life, I find have whole passages memorized without even having tried to do so. Her writing is that good!
WHAT! I'm supposed to do a presentation about a book tomorrow in class. And I chose wuthering heights, because I love it so much. So I was looking for some inspiration but OMG I love the way you talk and get excited about the book. Your content is just awesome! I subscribed and I will definitely watch the rest of your videos whenever I have time. But I just wanted to say that you're great!
I wish I had discovered your channel earlier. The way you explained Wuthering Heights made it less intimidating. THANK YOU!!
One of my favorite books. Happy to see a video that explains it so well, thank you
Heathcliff is much more of a sympathetic character in the original movie of 1939 starting Lawrence Olivier than in Bronte's novel.
I was shocked by how brutal and cold Heathcliff is in the novel even to his own son. A big theme of novel is the futility of revenge. It never brings happiness to Heathcliff in this world. He is morally punished for his obsession with revenge by having a sickly, weak son who he despises.
12:30 I already liked and subscribed based on this video. But this moment you became my new favorite UA-camr. 🍻🤝
I've wanted to read this for a while (since it was referenced in the Freinds episode lol). I think you finally sold me giving it a try.
I'm glad to see that you seem to be doing better mentally. Take care of yourself. Thanks for the content.
I’m thrilled to hear that! And yeah I am doing much better :)
Possibly the best YT review of WH that I've seen. I love (and relate to) your passion for this killer novel.
Wow that’s quite a compliment, thanks!
This was such an accurate and thorough explanation of this beautifully written classic! I just found your channel and am excited to watch your other videos as well 🤗.
Pathetic fallacy… my favorite literary term growing up and ive never heard someone use it so well. This is an awesome video, thanks for sharing your knowledge
Romance is most basically defined as "a feeling of excitement and mystery associated with love." I think that the "burn" you describe with these two characters is incredibly romantic, even if they aren't "happy and healthy." Their lives feel so unenviable and yet I simultaneously yearn to feel what they feel for one another - even knowing the destructive force that such a connection can bring
Loving this video. I recently re read Wuthering Heights and loved it but have to say wasn’t sure why. I think it’s the other worldly nature of the book I like so much. You make so many good points on why this is such a phenomenal book.
I just finished the book last night and I find your video incredibly eloquent and well-put to describe what I've felt reading it as well. Thank you for this ! (One incredible scene I think is when Heathcliff forces Linton, sick as hell, to go out in the fields to meet Cathy in order to force her to come back to Wuthering Heights, the level of cruelty, the description of his sickness and the weird dynamic that it creates between Cathy and Linton is absolutely incredible !)
You did an excellent job summarizing this book. Thanks so much!
@Wow! You've totally talked me into reading this book. I love your point of view on it. Thank you for this.
You’re very welcome! I need more people to see Wuthering Heights the way it’s means to be seen. Not all these romantic lies lol
I loooooove Wuthering Heights! It is one of my most favorite books ever. I first read it when I was 18 and it was the Harper Teen edition, which has a red rose on the cover with a black background. It was meant to appeal to teens who are interested in books like Twilight. I'm now 30 and I still have that edition. The book looks like it has been read many times. 💚😁 Also your edition is beautiful! And the passages you quoted are some of my most favorites from the novel. Although it concerns that some people (mainly straight women from what I've seen) romanticize Heathcliff the way Isabella did 😬 Anyway! Seeing this has made me want to read it again! And sorry for the rambling 😅
Oh my god I remember when publishers did those Twilight-esque covers! And yeah I agree, it’s super problematic that people romanticise Heathcliff! But the same could be said for way too many “romantic heroes” 😬
I disagree with the wording of "Cathy fell in love with Linton"
She never ever loved Linton, even though she says she does, I believe.
She just saw him as an escape and a solution to take Heathcliff and herself out of her miserable situation.
It was a relatively smart plan (although no ethical in the least).
She wanted to marry him and use his money to help Heathcliff.
The way you analyze! Amazing 🙌🏻
Okay but I loved the relationship between hareton and Cathy... It made me feel like there was a happy end to the cycle of abuse.
I love your channel. And your one-book analysis
Aw thank you so much!
I came here to discover why I like it too😅 I started reading it and couldn't put it down and I can't explain why almost everything is miserable in this book, still I am loving iiiiit
This book changed the way I look at gothic literature
Thought I should read wuthering heights. Your perspective makes me want to read it more.
I’m glad to hear that! It’s such a masterpiece.
One of the books I’ve re-read many (12+ at last count) times is Jane Eyre. I appreciate and enjoy all of the hallmarks of Wuthering Heights yet no matter how many times I’ve tried I can’t get through it and I dont know why! I love Le Fanu, and Collins and Walpole and Lewis and Radcliffe…. With this review I am once again inspired to take on Emily Bronte! Thank you…
I also adore Jane Eyre and I’m looking forward to returning to it soon!
Wuthering Heights was already on my reading list. Now you managed to put it at the top.
Awesome! Hope you didn’t mind the spoilers! I kind of assumed most people watching this would’ve already read it 😅
@@WillowTalksBooks Nope, just more incentive to read it
I'm studying this novel and i really love your vid it helped me a lot since I found this novel complicated thanks.
I thing its fantastic the way that some of the characters hate each other and love each other at the same time a book is a very hard read you wouldn't think people would despise each other in this way but it's good at the end of the story when you know both Heathcliff and Cathy are free free from hate and despair and jealousy it's one of my favourite stories
thank you very much for explaining this. I watched the series last night and needed to know more about the genre, about why the horrible story was so compelling
My obsolete favorite book and made me see classical in such a different way. I didn't hate anyone in the book. I loved every second of it. The feeling I had reading this book I always hope to find in other books. I actually just finished Frankenstein and really enjoyed it as well. Def not my favorite but it was great.
I think I have read this books least twice…both times…I hated the characters and did not get why people thought it was a romantic novel. You definitely put it in perspective…it is a gothic novel.
I am not into horror…this is a great example of a gothic novel I can enjoy.
Yeah it’s all about how you approach the book!
I love Wuthering Heights ! It's a ruthless and at the same time pretty satisfying story of revenge, told by unreliable narrators. There's something about bleak revenge stories haha definitely one of my favourites, together with The Count Of Monte Cristo.
I complete agree with all of this!
Love your review , thanks .
100% this! I adore Wuthering Heights and I recently made the mistake of rereading it in a buddy read group. Nobody liked it, they all tore it apart for all the reasons you said and I was the lone voice in the wilderness (or on the moors!) calling out in WH's defence. Same happened with Frankenstein as the book is entirely different from most expectations. But I am a melancholic so these will always be the type of books that call to me.
Wuthering Heights is the love story. But I think not a lot of people will understand it. Not unless you have lived a story alike. For some women social status and emotional attachment are major issues even if that means giving up marrying the love of your life.
I've tried several times to read this novel, but never got into it. I am guilty of thinking that Wuthering Heights is a romance novel. Your video taught me otherwise. Thank you. I've started reading it again.
Wow that’s so cool to hear! I did hope to change a few perspectives on it. Thanks :)
@@WillowTalksBooks And here I am, having read Wuthering Heights with a fresh perspective. I LOVED it! Thank you again.
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I think people are confusing the movie, the one with Lawrence Olivier with the book. That particular movie was romantic and made me fall in love with Wuthering Heights, but the book was quite Gothic as you said. I got the impression from the book that Heathcliff, was a dark skinned gypsy or a Black man.
the violent, turbulent and stormy weather of the wild open moors is like an extension of what the characters go through internally
Yup
Wuthering Heights is my favorite book. So complex. Dark loops of karma and obsessive thinking. People fall into wanting an epic dark tragic romantic soul mate…..also it is an indictment of the violent vindictive patriarchy which thrives on abuse of children and women
I am a screenwriter and novelist who wants to do a movie of Wuthering Heights . It has never been done well. Robert Pattinson would be an epic Heathcliff. Or a Romani actor. Kate bush epic Wuthering Heights song as the soundtrack. I can read the Akashic records and Emily Brontë is reincarnated as Joyce Carol Oates… dark gothic, prolific writer… look at photos of both of them….this was the best take on Wuthering Heights I have heard.
People conflate Romantic with romantic. The Romantic is a gothic adjacent literary and aesthetic tradition of late 18th early 19th century that was a response to the Enlightenment. Themes of natural, wildness, inspiration, subjectivity, passion, storms, human emotion unbound. Its often talked about re the lake poets Coleridge, Shelley, Wordsworth etc and typified by Lord Byron whose poetry was dark alluring moody and wild.
Later the term romantic evolved to be associated with desirious love because when ppl fall in love they are often moody and tornentous and passionate. Eventually "romantic " as a casual term evolved to mean something more akin to chivalric courty love of 13th century with some passion and mood thrown in. Ie "romance novels".
People hear Wuthering heights is Romantic and they expect a "romance".
Healthcliff is a Romantic Byronic hero because he is Romantic (ie savage brooding and uncontrolled) and a hero (a main male character) but that does not mean he is "romantic" or "heroic" by the regular definitions used nor meant as an object of female desire/a potentially attractive mate the way, say, Austen's Mr. D'arcy is.
Now D'Arcy is very civilized and aloof not really Romantic at all. But because he is meant to be an attractive mate for heroine we might say he is "romantic". Austen wrote satirical novels of wit and manners, not Gothic/Romantic genre, however her novels revolved around courtship as marriage was the only business decision a middle class woman of her time and place could make and a one time gamble which she staked her entire life on. So its "romantic" in the sense of revolving around chivalry rules of courtship.
the way i gagged when you said the two books you re read the most are frankenstein and wuthering heights bc ME TOOO!!!
Yes to good taste!! 💜
Wish I saw this before I starting reading the book, I thought there was something wrong with me as I read because I keep thinking “these people are awful, this isn’t romantic, they are not nice” I am still reading it and have a far bit left but this genuinely makes me want to continue reading but with a completely different view.
Great review and good advice. Read it like a psychological drama.
Thanks!
I've been putting off reading this book for a while now and was really bored in the first two chapters but I'm so glad that I push through,the story is fascinating and I'm really enjoying it now, I'm in chapter 13 atm:))
update: I loved this book and gave it 4 stars !!
Awesome news!
@@WillowTalksBooks :))
It's a novel about isolation, obsession, and ultimately self destruction.
I have to admit to never reading "Wutherinig Heights" , because I tought it is a romance. I hate romance books, it's completely not my jam. If someone sold it to me as a gothic novel I would have read it long time ago. The book I've read multiple times and is special to me is "Master and Marguerite", I love it from my second reading. I'm not sure if it resonate the same way with someone who's outside the ex-soviet block. It's one of the books I go back to when I feel depressed together with a polish author who use to write funny crime novels with specific language and wit to them, that's my self-help package. There is also "American gods" which I've read more then once in different languages which is always fun.
Master and Margarita is a book I’ve been meaning to read for years and years! I’ll get to it soon. And I’ve also recently had the urge to reread American Gods, my favourite Gaiman novel :)
i found your channel through this video i read this book in education looking at it as a romance (as that was the angle of the curse) and i hated it some 10 or so years later i decided to give it another go and agree with every thing you said in your review
I really adored your comments on my favorite book of all time... I want to feel that love but I don't want to live within a love like that... If makes sense 😅. Great vídeo, I will see other videos of yours.
Love Wuthering Heights and love The Scarlet Letter: both dark and brilliant
WH is the book version of 'Very bad things'. Both are brilliant.
Great job! I agree that this is one of the top 10 greatest novels of all time and one of my favorites as well. I do however warn everyone that I know to never read it. It would be better to jump into a pit of hungry lions for 4 or 5 days. If you do choose to read it, it cannot be denied that this story is an absolute masterpiece of unsurpassable literature! I loved it.
I like Wuthering Hights a lot for it's beautiful language. But I love the Monk by M.G. Lewis even more. Both are great stories. So sad Emily didn't write anything else.
I’ve been meaning to read The Monk for like ten years. Thanks for reminding me!
@@WillowTalksBooks You really should. It such a rollercoaster of events and emotions. First all the characters that were introduced I got a little confused with, but maybe that was because I was reading the english original and english is not my native language. I'm sure you will also like The Monk a lot.
I just finished wuthering heights audio book, read by Joanne Froggatt. It was an experience all together. I just loved the book. I'm 28 yo, I do think you'd rather be older to fully enjoy this book. But the characters, their flaws, it's just way too good
Love this video !! Thank you !! 🤍✨️
"And I'm going to spoil it--it's old as hell." Well played. 6/5 Stars.
Fantastic review
Wuthering Heights is easily one of the best written works in the english language. That being said, can somebody help a girl in need and tell me similiar books to wuthering heights? I will leave the definition of 'similiar' to you, even just similiar vibe is fine! I will definitely check it out:)
(Edit: Forgot to mention how much I enjoyed the video! I have been waiting for this ever since the idea was mentioned in the book tag video)
In the description of this video I’ve linked an article full of modern gothic novels that might scratch that itch!
To my shame I still haven't read this. It falls firmly into the category of "books I'm convinced I'll love but inexplicably haven't picked up yet". You will be the first to know when I finally get to it.
Callum!! You haven’t read Wuthering Heights?? I am shaken! Hop to it!
@@WillowTalksBooks I have no excuse 😓
The Dark Side of the Moors
In a galaxy far, far away...
Heathcliff, a powerful Sith Lord, ruled over the planet Yorkshire-4 with an iron fist. His dark side powers were matched only by his unyielding passion for Princess Catherine, the beautiful and fiery ruler of the neighboring planet, Thrushcross.
Their love was forbidden, yet they couldn't resist each other. Catherine's strong will and determination drew Heathcliff in, and he reveled in her fierce spirit. Together, they navigated the complexities of intergalactic politics and the constant threat of the Jedi Order.
Edgar Linton, a rising Jedi Knight, had long been infatuated with Catherine. His noble heart and unwavering dedication to justice made him a formidable opponent against the dark side. Though Catherine valued Edgar's friendship, her heart belonged to Heathcliff.
Tragedy struck when Catherine fell ill with a mysterious disease. The best medical minds in the galaxy couldn't save her, and she passed away in Heathcliff's arms. Consumed by grief and rage, Heathcliff's connection to the dark side intensified.
"Heathcliff, don't let your anger consume you," Edgar pleaded, attending Catherine's funeral. "She wouldn't want that."
Heathcliff's response was a fierce Force-choke, nearly ending Edgar's life. "You never understood her, Jedi," Heathcliff snarled. "You never understood us."
Heathcliff's descent into darkness accelerated. He became obsessed with resurrecting Catherine, delving deep into forbidden Sith rituals. His powers grew, but at a terrible cost. His physical appearance began to distort, reflecting the darkness within.
Edgar, now a respected Jedi Master, sensed the growing darkness and vowed to stop Heathcliff. Their epic battles ravaged the galaxy, with Heathcliff seeking to exploit the Jedi's weakness: compassion.
"Your love for Catherine was a weakness, Heathcliff," Edgar declared during their final confrontation. "It's what drove you to the dark side."
Heathcliff's retort was a snarl of rage: "My love for Catherine is what makes me unstoppable. And with her by my side, I'll rule the galaxy."
In a shocking display of dark side power, Heathcliff conjured a spectral image of Catherine. The illusion was so real, so captivating, that Edgar hesitated. Heathcliff seized the opportunity, striking down the Jedi Master.
As Edgar lay dying, Heathcliff whispered, "You took her from me. Now, you'll join her in eternity."
With Edgar's defeat, Heathcliff's reign of terror seemed unending. Yet, in moments of solitude, the Sith Lord's mask of darkness would slip, revealing the tortured soul beneath, forever longing for his lost love, Catherine.
*Epilogue*
A mysterious energy signature, reminiscent of Catherine's, appeared on the outskirts of the galaxy. Rumors spread of a long-lost sister, hidden away for protection. Heathcliff's obsession reignited, and his quest for power and revenge took on a new dimension.
The dark side's hold on Heathcliff tightened, but a glimmer of hope emerged: perhaps, just perhaps, his love for Catherine could be rekindled, and redemption awaited in the shadows.
The Lost Heir of Thrushcross
Years after Edgar Linton's fall, Heathcliff's tyranny seems unshakeable. His dark side powers have reached unprecedented heights, and his spectral image of Catherine remains his constant companion.
*The Discovery*
On the remote planet of Netherwood, a young woman named Henrietta begins experiencing strange visions and unexplained connection to the Force. Unbeknownst to her, she's Catherine's long-lost sister, hidden away for protection.
Heathcliff learns of Henrietta's existence and becomes obsessed with finding her, believing she holds the key to resurrecting Catherine. He dispatches his deadliest Sith apprentices to capture Henrietta.
*The Jedi's Return*
Edgar Linton, miraculously alive thanks to ancient Jedi healing techniques, emerges from hiding. He seeks to stop Heathcliff and protect Henrietta, who reminds him of Catherine's fiery spirit.
Edgar finds Henrietta on Netherwood, and together they embark on a perilous journey to unravel the mysteries of her past and her connection to the Force.
*The Battle for Henrietta*
Heathcliff's forces close in, leading to an epic confrontation on the planet Havenstone. Edgar and Henrietta face off against Heathcliff and his Sith apprentices.
As the battle rages, Henrietta discovers her own latent powers and confronts Heathcliff. The Sith Lord is torn between his obsession with Catherine's ghost and his growing fascination with Henrietta.
*The Turning Point*
Henrietta's words pierce Heathcliff's armor: "You're not the man Catherine loved. The dark side has consumed you."
Heathcliff's grip on the dark side falters, and for an instant, his humanity resurfaces. Edgar seizes the opportunity, striking down Heathcliff's apprentices.
*The Aftermath*
Heathcliff, gravely injured, is taken into Jedi custody. Edgar, weary of war, passes on his Jedi mantle to Henrietta. The young woman begins her training, determined to restore balance to the Force.
As Heathcliff recuperates, he's haunted by visions of Catherine and Henrietta. The ghosts of his past converge, forcing him to confront the destruction his obsession has wrought.
*The Question*
Will Heathcliff find redemption, or will the darkness reclaim him? Can Henrietta, with her newfound powers, bring hope to a galaxy ravaged by tyranny?
The Balance of the Force
Years have passed since Heathcliff's defeat. Henrietta, now a powerful Jedi Master, has brought stability to the galaxy. Edgar Linton, having passed on his mantle, serves as a wise Jedi Elder.
Heathcliff, imprisoned on the remote planet of Dagobah, has spent years reflecting on his past. The darkness that once consumed him has begun to recede, replaced by a glimmer of redemption.
_Catherine's Legacy_
Henrietta discovers an ancient holographic message from Catherine, hidden away for safekeeping. The message reveals Catherine's ultimate wish: for Heathcliff to find peace and balance within the Force.
Moved by Catherine's words, Heathcliff begins to grasp the true nature of his obsession. He realizes that his love for Catherine was never about possessing her, but about understanding and sharing her passion for life.
_The Final Confrontation_
A new Sith threat emerges in the form of Hindley Earnshaw, Heathcliff's brother, who seeks to claim the galaxy for himself. Henrietta and Edgar prepare for battle, but Heathcliff, sensing an opportunity for redemption, joins forces with the Jedi.
Together, they face Hindley on the planet Yorkshire-4. The battle rages, with Heathcliff confronting his brother and the darkness that once defined him.
_Redemption and Sacrifice_
Heathcliff makes a heroic sacrifice, using his mastery of the dark side to defeat Hindley and shatter the Sith's hold on the galaxy. As he succumbs to his wounds, Catherine's spectral image appears, her eyes shining with pride.
"Heathcliff, my love," she whispers, "you've found balance. You've found peace."
With his final breath, Heathcliff smiles, knowing that his journey has come full circle. The darkness that once consumed him has given way to the light.
_Epilogue_
Henrietta and Edgar stand vigil over Heathcliff's grave, surrounded by the scenic beauty of Yorkshire-4. The galaxy is at peace, thanks to the sacrifices of those who came before.
"Heathcliff's story is a reminder," Edgar says, "that even the darkest of souls can find redemption."
Henrietta nods, her eyes gazing toward the horizon. "And that love can transcend even death itself."
The trilogy concludes with a sense of closure, hope, and renewal.
THE END.
Reflections:
- Heathcliff's journey from darkness to redemption serves as a testament to the transformative power of love and self-reflection.
- Henrietta's growth into a powerful Jedi Master symbolizes the potential for new beginnings and the continuation of Catherine's legacy.
- Edgar's wisdom and guidance underscore the importance of mentorship and passing on knowledge to future generations.
"Sandwich of Nastiness." Also brilliant. 6/5 Stars.
is it horrible of me to think that this novel (even after watching this review) is incredibly romantic? i think refusing to let yourself or your lover move on, even at the cost of others around you and yourself, is just so lovely. you would rather sit in the wet disgusting trenches of your misery than be parted from them. then again, i say this as someone who really loves the tv show hannibal and the novel twins by bari wood so
Oh no, not at all! I feel the same way. The way that Cathy and Heathcliff talk about each other, and the way they destroy everything around them for their love, is very sexy lol. It’s just also cursed and abusive and wrong. But there’s a guilty part of me that finds it all so darkly romantic and I think that’s intentional!
@@WillowTalksBooks I feel the same way :]
More than “hating the characters,” I think the point of the book is to question the veracity and motives of the people telling the story. While Catherine's diary and Isabella's letter are probably the most reliable sources, Lockwood's insights are usually off and Nelly doesn't like Catherine so she gives biased narration. You describe Mr. Earnshaw as being “a lovely man” but he overtly favors Heathcliff over Hindley and Catherine. This activates Hindley's resentment and mistreatment of Heathcliff, who then reacts with revenge. Bronte depicts the cycle of abuse but shows it can be broken via Hareton, who embodies both Catherine (who he looks like) and Heathcliff (whose station he shares) more than their actual children.
it’s not a romance but i do think it is written that way in how poetic it is so i don’t blame people for thinking that way
That’s a very good point. The passages I read out are breathtaking and definitely fall under “romantic” at least in terms of language
You just listed all the reasons i absolutely love this book. My favorite of the Bronte novels. All the Brontes wrote awful horrible characters. I love it!
Hitchhiker's guide to the galaxy series i have read like 5 times
That’s good :)
Just a perfect book….
Great review. How would you define pathetic fallacy in this novel? I often confuse pathetic fallacy with personification
Pathetic fallacy is when the weather reflects the mood and emotions of the moment. Personification is treating objects and bits of scenery like they’re people. So in Wuthering Heights, the isolation and grey skies and dead landscape reflect the characters’ actions and feelings. That’s pathetic fallacy.
@@WillowTalksBooks Gracias! :)
It took me forever to go through this book. I kept starting it and leaving it. I'm finally reading it now, and keep in mind I love gothic and dramatic stories, but this! 😂 oh my God, these people are sooo dramatic, Jesus! I was constantly saying "aaand scene!" every time they had one of those terrible fights where they cry and kiss and a second later they curse eachother 😂 I literally got to this video by googleing for "Seriously, Wuthering Heights, what the f**k?!"
You had me at “cringey YA novels”
What your statement about the book is does count for modern day romance as well. In life, in general, this day in age, a lot of peoples so called “romance” isn’t “romance” at all. There’s a lot of mistreatment, misplaced feelings, misinterpretation in feelings in relationships. I see a lot of people thinking they got what they call real love while they really don’t. There are people in relationships that don’t even know the true feelings of their partner and a lot of ppl can’t handle love matters the way they should. Look at the devorce ratings. At least Heathcliff an Catherine really had the deepest love and connection in the deepest of both their feelings but didn’t live accordingly and were often disconnected by outside forces and people who didn’t want them together. How do you expect to understand literature about a deep love like that if you can’t handle the depth of these kinds of deep rooted feelings yourself I ask you? That’s why different people read this literature where “Wuthering Heights” belongs to very, very …very differently and come to different summaries because it’s understood differently…
i hated wuthering heights the first time i read it, might give it a reread with the attitude you suggested!
Please do! Attitude and expectations are key!
George Orwell described it as morbid
Ok