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Wuthering Heights (Penguin Classics)
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Author: Emily Brontë
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Manufacturer: Penguin Audio
Author: Emily Brontë
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Wuthering Heights (Penguin Classics) Description
Binding: Audio CD
Dewey Decimal Number: 823.8
EAN: 9780143058113
Format: Abridged
ISBN: 0143058118
Label: Penguin Audio
Manufacturer: Penguin Audio
Number Of Items: 6
Book Pages: 6
Publication Date: 2005-06-16
Publisher: Penguin Audio
Studio: Penguin Audio
Dewey Decimal Number: 823.8
EAN: 9780143058113
Format: Abridged
ISBN: 0143058118
Label: Penguin Audio
Manufacturer: Penguin Audio
Number Of Items: 6
Book Pages: 6
Publication Date: 2005-06-16
Publisher: Penguin Audio
Studio: Penguin Audio
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Review Summary: A PREMIER READING OF A CLASSIC
Review:
How do you define a classic? Some might say that which stands the test of time. By that definition alone Emily Bronte's "Wuthering Heights" merits the designation of classic. To the best of my knowledge it has been made into four films. I've not seen them all but would surely recommend the version starring Sir Laurence Olivier, Merle Oberon and David Niven. It has been assigned reading in countless high school and college classroom, and printed throughout the world in numerous editions.
Now, Penguin Audio gives us the opportunity to enjoy this story of love not meant to be in a superb audio edition read by Prunella Scales and Samuel West. Fans of the incredibly popular BBC series "Fawlty Towers" will remember Scales as Sybil. Here, she is Cathy incarnate and a prime narrator when assuming the voice of Nelly Dean. A popular actor with the Royal Shakespeare Company, West brings both pathos and drama to the hopes and final bitter heartbreak found in Heathcliff.
As we hear in the voices of Mr. Lockwood and housekeeper Nelly Dean, Heathcliff was an orphan with no home to call his own so he came to Wuthering Heights where he is not only given shelter but also friendship by Catherine Earnshaw, daughter of the wealthy owner. But, eventually Heathcliff asks for more than friendship - he proposes marriage. When he is cruelly rebuffed his love turns to a desire for revenge.
How sad that Emily Bronte lived for only 30 years. How fortunate for us that her legacy is the incomparable "Wuthering Heights."
- Gail Cooke
Review Summary: A PREMIER READING OF A CLASSIC
Review:
How do you define a classic? Some might say that which stands the test of time. By that definition alone Emily Bronte's "Wuthering Heights" merits the designation of classic. To the best of my knowledge it has been made into four films. I've not seen them all but would surely recommend the version starring Sir Laurence Olivier, Merle Oberon and David Niven. It has been assigned reading in countless high school and college classroom, and printed throughout the world in numerous editions.
Now, Penguin Audio gives us the opportunity to enjoy this story of love not meant to be in a superb audio edition read by Prunella Scales and Samuel West. Fans of the incredibly popular BBC series "Fawlty Towers" will remember Scales as Sybil. Here, she is Cathy incarnate and a prime narrator when assuming the voice of Nelly Dean. A popular actor with the Royal Shakespeare Company, West brings both pathos and drama to the hopes and final bitter heartbreak found in Heathcliff.
As we hear in the voices of Mr. Lockwood and housekeeper Nelly Dean, Heathcliff was an orphan with no home to call his own so he came to Wuthering Heights where he is not only given shelter but also friendship by Catherine Earnshaw, daughter of the wealthy owner. But, eventually Heathcliff asks for more than friendship - he proposes marriage. When he is cruelly rebuffed his love turns to a desire for revenge.
How sad that Emily Bronte lived for only 30 years. How fortunate for us that her legacy is the incomparable "Wuthering Heights."
- Gail Cooke