Classic Book Review: “Wurthering Heights” — (Emily Bronte)

The following book review was submitted to me by one of my friends from Twitter, Lisa R. (@Lisalr1)

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“Set in the 18th century against the backdrop of the wild and rugged Yorkshire moors, Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte is the story of unbridled passion, longing and revenge. The story begins when Mr. Lockwood, tenant of an old mansion Thrushcross Grange goes across the windy moors to meet his weird, reticent and brooding landlord Heathcliffe, master of another mansion Wuthering Heights. He is forced to spend the night in Heights because of a thunderstorm and is put up in a room which once belonged to a young Catherine Earnshaw. The night turns out to be wild and stormy. Adding a touch of eeriness is the figure of a young woman whose plaintive wails of ”let me in” sets the story in motion.

Heathcliffe, actually of gypsy descent, was raised in the Heights where he was brought by the master of the house Earnshaw from one of his trips to faraway places. Heathcliffe befriends and falls in love with the wild and passionate Catherine Earnshaw who returns Heathcliffe’s silent and brooding love. Their star-crossed love coupled with the intense hatred of Cathy’s brother forms the core of the book.
How Heathcliffe loses Cathy and his agonizing longing for the only woman he could ever love is the haunting motif of the novel.”