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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 823.8
EAN: 9780451529251
ISBN: 0451529251
Label: Signet Classics
Manufacturer: Signet Classics
Number Of Items: 1
Book Pages: 336
Publication Date: 2004-03-02
Publisher: Signet Classics
Product Release Date: 2004-03-02
Studio: Signet Classics

There are few more convincing, less sentimental accounts of love than Wuthering Heights. This is the story of a tormented foundling who falls in love with the daughter of his benefactor, and of the violence and misery that result from their thwarted longing for each other.

Customer Rating:
Review Summary: Worthy of its place in the canon
Review: How odd that Amazon does not consolidate the comments on the various editions of this book from different publishers.

I read this book out of a certain sense of obligation -- I'd been reading other 19th century English literature and, with some trepidation, picked up Wuthering Heights to complete the set. The book was wonderful, with fully developed if sometimes quixotic characters, and rapid and often unexpected plot twists. The prose is denser than, say, Jane Austen, but not as bad as the stereotypical gothic novel. The main character, Heathcliff, is famously attractive to women but, as a male reader, I thought he was a thoroughly bad egg. Worthy of discussion, though, especially with women who have read it and are likely to have a different opinion.

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