I'm sorry, but quoting Wuthering Heights at your wedding is basically cursing your marriage, holy heck 😂

My dad named me Catherine after this book. Still to this day have no idea why he thought that was aspirational for his daughter.

I absolutely love this book because everyone is so rotten- there's no discrimination between male and female, everyone is just bitter and cruel. And I feel that's so rare in classics, where there's usually a saintly redeeming female lead, that it's actually quite refreshing. I recommend the 2011 film version! Although it had some problems, like most adaptations, the cinematography is absolutely gorgeous and captures really well the wild and isolated feeling of the book!

Wuthering Heights is one of my favorite books because Brontë is so intentional with how she describes characters and their actions. She lets the reader read between the lines to figure out plot points. Her portrayal of Heathcliff is particularly interesting because she creates one of the most cruel characters of all time, but Brontë allows the reader to feel sorry for him and also understand why he is the way he is- you can sympathize with him but also absolutely condemn his actions as wrong. The complexity of every character is what gets me.

This book sat with me years after, the cruelty that people inflicted on their apparent nearest and dearest. I remember hating everyone but couldn't put it down. I can safely say though, that Cathy and Heathcliff deserved each other.

Interesting that you picked up on the fact that all of heathcliffe and Cathy’s love is reported; I quite like that because we feel so shut out from their relationship- it heightens their obsession and insulatority I think. I actually feel shut out from all the characters- feels like we’re peeking in the windows of the houses

I think you need a series with reading classic novels and reviewing them! Very curious to hear you talk about Rebecca :)

"I'm an optimistic book buyer and a pessimistic reader." I felt that

I fell very deeply in love with this book as a teenager, but I'm pretty sure I never thought it was romantic. It's filled with horrible characters doing horrible things, it's cold, creepy, violent, repulsive... but in a deliciously good way. I distinctly remember being around 17, sitting in my bed and reading the whole book in one day.

I read this book a few years ago and I distinctly remember how delightfully terrible people the characters were, like I couldn't look away

I dont totally get why so many people hate wuthering heights, it's so interesting and unique. It's about the cycle of abuse and PTSD and bpd and womanhood and growing up and obsession and soulmates

I was swept away when I read and studied Wuthering Heights 50 odd years ago. How did Emily Brontë, living such a restricted life in a remote location, ever conceive of and write this book? Who was Emily? I think she had a wild interior life, mirrored by the bleak moors, and that wildness floods her book. To me, this book is so different from other books of this period because of exploding emotions. The 1939 movie with Lawrence Olivier is a classic film that captures the romanticism, beautifully acted and filmed.

6:05 I read somewhere that Emily was actually quite mad that some women at the time thought Heathcliff was hot while she had pourposly made him a terrible human being and not to be desired

This is one of my favorite books of all times. It’s so nice and refreshing to see a book about love but not the romantized kind, it’s a book about trauma and prejudice, I feel encapsulates better what it felt like to be a woman or person of color in the past .

This is one of my favorite novels of all time. It’s such a fantastic exploration of where the line is between too much society and not enough society. Heathcliff representing impulse and lawlessness and chaos and Linton representing class rigidity, rules, and order. And Catherine and Cathy in between, mirror images of each other-one ruined by being too free, the other on the verge of being ruined by being too constrained. Ugh, such a stellar, insightful novel, and dramatic AF. I think I read it five times as a teenager lol.

I personally think Wurthering Heights should be considered one of the first works of psychological fiction. It's basically about how trauma effects how people make decisions -- badly -- and the self-sabotage it leads to. Emily Bronte was writing psychological fiction before psychology was even a science! Edited to add my classics recommendations: The Shooting Party by Anton Chekhov. It's Chekhov's only novel and one of the earliest examples of the mystery genre. But forget all the tropes of the modern mystery genre: this is Russian-style mystery, and it's far more twisted then any mystery novel you'll ever read! My other recommendation is Fifth Business by Robertson Davies. This book starts off with two 10-year-old frenimies taunting each other as they're walking home from a sledding hill in the middle of winter. One throws a snowball at the other, he ducks the snowball, and it instead hits the head of the young heavily-pregnant wife of the local Baptist minister, bringing about the premature birth of a third boy. The novel then follows the lives of the 2 boys -- one who takes on more guilt then his due, and the other who blocks the event from him mind and takes no responsibility for it at all -- and explores how guilt and shame can alter the course of our lives.

You should definitely do more reading vlogs! I loved to hear your thoughts about this!

Wuthering Heights is my favorite classic for many reasons. For one, I love Emily's poetic prose. "Be with me always--take any form--drive me mad! Only do not leave me in this abyss where I cannot find you! Oh, God, it is unutterable! I cannot live without my life! I cannot live without my soul!" That is so BEAUTIFUL and tragic. It's also very different yet timeless and relevant for being a classic about the cycles of abuse and trauma. I think the Laurence Olivier movie adaptation from the 1930s (and most adaptations that followed) has really skewed the public's interpretation or image of WH for only telling half the story. Readers who come from the movies expect this brooding, Jane Austen-like romance and don't know what to do when what they get is actually isolated people hurting from lifetimes of mistreatment and hurting others as they feel trapped by their limited options, class expectations, and toxic relationships and for living with the consequences of their immature, abusive behavior. And yet! the book ends on a hopeful note with Hareton and Cathy, Jr. bettering each other and learning to love each other despite their flaws as they both begin to grow past the mistakes of their parents' generation. Wuthering Heights is poetic realism, and I really appreciate Emily (and the Gothic genre at large) for exploring this difficult side of human nature.

Thanks for confirming that it's not just me who finds it difficult to read this book. I thought it's because English is my second language, but I know that some classics I didn't struggle with at all. I'm still on page 50 and have been for over 4 weeks 😂 just not enjoying it at all, struggling to follow all the characters and the what's happening. But at the same time I feel like I have to read it to feel EdUcAtEd.

I remember reading this years ago and while I forgot most of the plot points by now, I distinctly remember the heavy mood it conveyed and how striking it was. I read it in Hebrew at the time since that was more readily available to me, so good job on the translator's part as well for conveying that intensity so well I can recall it years later - wildly different languages!

I like the fact that I can enjoy a rendition in song format written by Kate Bush that gives me an entertaining vibe in just a few minutes rather than reading the whole book. My adhd enjoys it too!

My #1 classics rec is Middlemarch. A beast of a book, but SO worth it. Also a surprisingly easy read in terms of language, most of the time! It's just the most ridiculously well-observed novel, with this pinpoint accuracy about psychology, about how gossip works, about the small choices that can set a whole life on a different path, about religion and ethics and the different ways they can (or should) function... Ugh its just SO BLOODY GOOD.

“…The flippin’ flap…” 😂 In other words, I really enjoy you and your videos, Leena. 😁

i hope this type of video becomes a series, i loved hearing your thoughts and getting to come along the reading journey with you

Conflicted about watching this when it premieres, because Wuthering Heights absolutely lured me back into reading and most characters’ situations in the novel touched me while reading. I adore WH!!!

I really love the Tenant of Wildfell Hall by Anne Bronte! I would highly recommend it - I feel like it's not nearly as popular as other Bronte books and it's also interesting how different it is from both Emily and Charlotte Bronte.

this video could've easily be titled "I read Wuthering Heights so you dont have to" coz i feel like i learnt what i needed from it hahah i've been so tempted to pick this up coz I've never read any of the sisters books and I feel bad. but this does not sound like something i'd enjoy lol. I'm interested in the show tho, didnt even know it was coming out!

This is my favourite book so I am terrified by this video but also going to watch it anyway! Can't wait for the new Emily film :)

Please make more of these with other classics! I was a very bad English student in college and skipped a lot of them

I have to start with the caveat that my experience of the book was positively affected by the fact I read a (fantastic) translation of it, so I didn't have to struggle with old-fashioned English, but it is one of my favourite stories of all time 😅 I completely agree with the "none of the characters are likable" judgement, but to me that's a testimony to its brilliance: it's rare to be captivated by a book without being really invested in any of the characters. I have to say I didn't have trouble with anyone's motivations; they are all very selfish, self-centred and damaged people, and they act in ways that reflect that. All that said, I loved this video and would love to see more of this kind in the future 💚

Literally came along here to beg you to do more Classic reads videos. The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde... Doooooooooooo it. It's Fabulous. But also thank you for unshaming me for not having read this book!! I did an English and Philosophy degree - I've read a lot of books before, during and since - but I've read so few of the greats. I feel way less guilty now and that's because of you. Genuinely, thank you xx

I loved Wuthering Heights as a child (although I always said "withering") but I also had an abysmal childhood so there was a sense of mentally playing out how I thought my future would be as a coping mechanism and fantasising about how being rich meant food was always available 😂. I honestly thought these people were so nice compared to my family 🤣 Looking back on it it makes me sad for my child self and so proud of where I am now. This book has definitely been integral to my life and I'm so glad you picked it up! Thank you Leena 💚💚

I would recommend watching" To Walk Invisible " it is a shorter film but covers so much more.Also loved your video great fun.

I love this format and topic!! Please make more read-along classics videos.

The only classics book I enjoyed reading in school was Bulgakov's 'The Master and Margarita', even though 'Crime and Punishment' and 'War and Peace' are more popular and more beloved where I'm from. Also Griboyedov's 'Woe from Wit'. Definitely worth a shot.

I read this novel when I was really young, like 12-13 years old. We had a vague summer reading assignment in-between school years: it was implied that the more we read, the better we'd be graded the next year. But we weren't given an actual list of appropriate books to choose from, so I just devoured a ton of classic literature I was definitely too young to understand. Well, unlike other masterworks like Jane Eyre or Pride & Prejudice, which I simply consumed on a surface level and/or heavily romanticized, I can tell you in all honesty I blocked Wuthering Heights from my memory. I just remember characters locked in rooms and me hating every minute of it. I put it down and never touched it again and it's been almost 2 decades since then. But this video has convinced me to finally give it another go. It would be funny if midway through reading it I'll suddenly remember it all and completely spoil myself. 😂

TW for suicide and eating disorders: Whether or not Heathcliff is POC (I agree it's plausible), I read him as being so traumatised by poverty and being looked down upon, that even when he essentially becomes part of the upper class, he is still ruined by it and can't accept Cathy The First because of it. He seems to have a real loathing resentment towards her for being born into privilege. Even if Heathcliff and Cathy 1 aren't biologically related, they are still raised as siblings which is enough to give a modern reader the ick. It reminds me of Frankenstein where Victor is betrothed to his sort of foster sister (or his cousin, depending on which version you read). Watching your review, I am seeing parallels between Frankenstein and Wuthering Heights, which also has a story within a story within a story. I think you can read one of the morals of WH as being that wild, angry, passionate obsession is not the basis for a great relationship! I wish more romances took that stance, honestly. Mark says something very similar in Peep Show! I read WH aged 16 and loved it, but I think [Spoilers Spoilers spoilers] taking yourself to bed and essentially tantruming yourself to death is more relatable at that age. (That was my favourite part, the intensity of those scenes blew me away). Speaking of, from a history of women's health perspective, Cathy 1's starvation is pretty fascinating. People will claim that eating disorders are a modern issue, and it's hard to know what to make of Cathy 1's situation. I highly recommend Frankenstein if you haven't read it. After all, Mary Shelley practically invented two new genres 1. As a teenager 2. For a parlour game 3. Surrounded by trash men. IMO the book is poorly paced but fun and short, and so thematically rich you could view it through many different lenses (feminist, queer, religious etc).

Wuthering Heights is my favorite book, Emily tricks you into emphasizing with the motives for the cruelty and the injuries of the characters. It's a bizarre slight of hand that wouldn't work without the confusion of the names. The names are the symmetry of the story, the resolution in having Catherine Earnshaw the ghost spirit finally returning to home through "Cathy" getting the last name back. Also the resolution of Hareton who is Heathcliff's true offspring as experiencing the same struggles and abuse as Heathcliff but actually softening and healing as does Cathy. Their love story is the perfect resolution.

I did not enjoy reading it very much but it's one of those books I love reflecting on after having read it

Seems like this is an interesting video. I don’t get to see many classics enthusiasts rave about Brontë’s Wuthering Heights. We will definitely look forward to this review, Leena.

I read this book in my early 20's and was expecting, for reasons you cover in the video, some sort of Elizabeth-and-Mr. Darcy-esque love story. Obviously, it is not remotely that. I do not remember enjoying it at all, and had no intention of rereading it. But, I think it would be interesting re reading it without that expectation. Also, highly highly recommend A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith. It was my absolute favorite book as a pre-teen/teenager and should be recognized more as A Great American Novel.

I’ve literally just finished reading Wuthering heights yesterday and i absolutely loathed it! Glad i am not alone!

Nelly always impressed me by how unfazed and badass she was after all her years with the family when Hindley is threatening her and trying to shove a knife in her mouth she's just like "stop it, that's the fish knife, it tastes disgusting" and he's like "alright fair enough" lol

I didn't know they were making the movie!!! So huge thanks for that... and I'm not sure which classics you haven't read, but keeping it on theme for "books with controversial movie choices" might I suggest Breakfast at Tiffany's? It's very short (I believe around 100 pages, maybe even less) and I was surprised by everything they decided to cut for the infamous Hepburn film!

I absolutely LOVE this book. I first read it when I was 22 or something, and it was the most incredible experience ever. It is definitely not a book with characters that you are meant to fall in love. I love how the book is narrated by a unreliable character, you don't know exactly if everything that Nelly says is true; she was young when the events of the beginning unfold, and she makes clear, again and again, how she despised the adult Catherine's behavior; of course that affects the way she describes the story. I like to theorize that maybe Heathcliff was indeed Cathy and Hindley's brother (maybe that's why Mr. Earnshaw loved him so much, despite any logical reason, and why Mrs. Earnshaw hated him so much, she even dies from sadness), and that's maybe why their mutual feelings (I wouldn't say "love") was doomed to failure and disgrace. There's a lot of nature in the book, so I don't know, just a theory!

I only seen the Tom Hardy adaptation of this book, never read it, it seemed weird to me. But, what's even weirder is how much of a homebody she was, and how quiet she was, but she had such a dark imagination, like, where the hell did that come from, lol

The family tree broke my brain for a while there 😅 I paused the video and couldn’t unpause for, I’m not kidding, about 15 minutes

I'm so glad you read this bc I picked up a graphic novel edition for this and I haaated it so much for a lot of the reasons you mentioned in this video. I did enjoy hearing more about the cultural context from you though! A tip for Dutch speakers: there's a poetry collection about Emily Brontë called "Ik zeg Emily" by Yentl van Stokkum that I actually really loved, would recommend that.

Spooky that this video was uploaded just as i’m halfway through this book. I’m absolutely loving it.

Great video, I’m now reading the book after seeing the film Emily. I saw the film twice, cried both times.

The first time I read Wuthering Heights I really disliked it. Then we were assigned to read it in school and I don't know what happened but it suddenly became brilliant. It's a grower. I think a lot of it had to do with being able to see the end from the beginning and it's the kind of plot that really works with that. It rereads really well, actually :) I ended up rereading it every year for years (been a couple of years since I last read it so I may need to change that). Loved your review/vlog!

Please don't treat the new film as a biopic by any means, it will absolutely reveal nothing of any semblance to Emily's true character because all we have are conjectures. All we know of her is that she was near obstinately introverted, petrified of being away from home, and kept very little society. She was an enigma even to Charlotte, who she ended up having somewhat kind of a strained relationship with her in the end as their brother became more unwell. Some psychologists have gone on to ponder if Emily may have fallen somewhere on the ASD spectrum which, not going to lie, fills me full of pride as an autistic person and with WH being my favourite ever, ever book. She had no romances, and I was gutted to see her genius being discredited to some type of lived experience in 'Emily'. Wuthering Heights to me is an incredible, unflinching look at generational trauma and almost I may imagine may be seen as a cathartic release from the moral pressures of 19th century society. Unrestrained wildness of emotion. I absolutely loved to hate all the characters. 🤣

I haven’t watched the video yet, but I can tell you I have TRIED to read this book several times. I just can’t do it!!! Every time I pick it up I give myself a mental pep talk - you can do this - it’s so short - just keep going. Nope I can’t finish it, I want to understand the hype but I think……I hate it.

This video was incredibly entertaining!! Thank you so much for making it!!!

OMG, I loved this book as a teenager, but after watching this, I think I need to read it again through my adult brain!

I’ve never clicked on something so fast. The rage I still feel 10+ years later thinking about when I had to write a paper on this book in 10th grade English. Controversial opinion, but I also hate Catcher in the Rye which was also a paper topic in 10th grade.

I studied this book at A Level and at the beginning of every essay (including the exam) we had to declare which of the Catherines we would be referring to as 'Catherine' and which would by 'Cathy' so that the examiners didn't get confused and give us awful marks

I adore Wuthering Heights! The mistake is people assume it's a romance. 😄 It's a story about horrible people fucking things up for each other and everyone around them. It's like beauty and the beast, if both the main characters were the beast and neither got any better than he is in the first act. It delves into the darkest pits of human behaviour and doesn't excuse or shy away from any of it. Gloriously Gothic!

Only Bronte novel that ages relatively well and is genuinely satisfying: Tenant of Wildfell Hall. You're welcome.

I read Wuthering Heights during lockdown (because the world wasn’t dark enough at that point, I guess). Call me a simp, but I hated it. I tried to find something redeeming; a lesson, a commentary, something about gender or class that would help me to understand English culture a bit more, but nothing was illuminating. The only thing I can think of that gets close is that everyone is so selfish and this is slightly reflective of reality- trauma begets trauma begets trauma. Every character in this book fully plays the part of main character. Heathcliff is obviously a sociopath in the clinical sense, but almost everyone else is incredibly narcissistic and self serving. All around a slog of a book. Womp womp.

I love this book because it's so different from any other work in that century. It's not moralistic at all and no a single character is worried about social conventions or what it was propper. No one is a role model, they're just people, and not very nice people. You need to be a genious to tell a story like this in that context. I think modern readers often miss all of this because now writters aren't worried about morals in general and expectations about literature are different.

a bit scared of this video because I love WH & collect editions of the book 🥲😂

“Nelly, the ultimate shit stirring servant” 🤣

I read it a few years ago expecting to read an epic love story, and was very surprised to find out that it really isn't! I specifically remember someone describing Heathcliff as "the man with whom you'd cheat on Mr. Darcy"... and I'm not even the greatest Darcy fan, but what the hell?! I'm very sceptical about the movie, as it seems to focus on a love affair that Emily never seems to have had. On the other hand, I really enjoyed the BBC movie about the Brontë sisters that came out a few years ago, called "To Walk Invisible". My favourite classics are all of Jane Austen's novels, and also Victor Hugo's Les Misérables, which is an absolute beast of a book, but one you learn to love even at its most absurd (and the fact that it has an actual fandom online is amazing). I'd love to hear you talk about more classics!

I almost threw this book across the room a couple of times while reading it. As you said, I know that not every character has to be likeable, but I hated everyone in this novel. LOL

one of my most hated books, I rage read most of it. I want the Bronte estate to give me my money back. 🤬

If you want more Brontë-drama before Emily comes out, Sally Wainwright did a drama called To Walk Invisible which I loved. Lots of stuff on how different the sisters were but how they united due to their situation (aka violent alcoholic messy brother Branwell) - definitely worth a watch if you can catch it!

Ah, this was so much fun! (And I love the The Guardian article with all the stats!) I haven't read this since I was 13 so I have no strong opinion on it today, but I remember not liking it at the time, which isn't very surprising seeing how dark it is 😂Anyway, since you've read both Jane Eyre and Wuthering Heights, you really should read something by Anne too if you haven't. The Tenant of Wildfell Hall is such an underrated book!

Loved your take(s) on WH. I'm reading it for the 2nd time. 1st time I did what you did: audio book+book (Juliet Stevenson version). Had similar responses to yours the 1st read. I have to admit, I really like it the 2nd time through. It's just so cleverly written, shocking for its time, and remarkably that our mysterious Emily could have managed it. The 2nd time thru, the violence is even more egregious, if that's possible.

One novel to recommend and that sticked in my mind long after I had read it was "The Thorn Birds" from 1977 by Colleen McCullough. It really good. Romantic book that also has a frustrating, annoying and stupid man as a love interest. The story is frustrating, but on the same time I was glued to it and couldn't put it down. It's about a young woman in the beginning of 1900 that falls in love with a Catholic Priest. He love her too but loves being a devoted priest too, and he tries to both "ceep the cake and eat it at the same time". ..I recommend it.

I've actually never read Wuthering Heights but I've seen the movie adaptation you're talking about and everything you're saying about the book, I got that from the movie. The bleakness, the unlikable characters and OF COURSE the violence (oh boy is it violent !), also the cinematogrpahy is absolutely beautiful (helped by the Yorskshire moores obviously).

“I already hate everyone in this book. Everyone. No exceptions.” My exact experience with this book. Don’t get the love at all.

I had to read this book over the summer in high school once, and we had to do a project of our own choosing to describe our experience reading it (it was supposed to be more exciting than just an essay). I decided to rewrite the lyrics to "American Pie", putting a summary of different sections in each verse, and then the chorus following it would explain my opinion. My opinion was very negative; I got more annoyed with the book the more pages I read. I can't remember all the lyrics, but the final chorus ended with "I've rhymed everything that goes with 'french fry', now I'll say, I don't like Wuthering Heights." My teacher gave me an A, too!

One of my friends said that she read a book wherein the main characters are discussing the quote on the back of the book and one of them mishears it as “whatever arseholes are made of, his and mine are the same”, so I can’t hear it any other way now. Also I read this book for school and it was definitely the worst book I was ever assigned.

I have a sentimental place in my heart for Wuthering Heights. I was in a play version in high school, which only had three characters: Nelly, Heathcliff, and Cathy. The intimacy of the play made all the aggression and violence and passion of the characters so evident, because everyone in the story (maybe save Nelly??) is truly awful. It's a horrible cycle, but I do think the ending sees a bit of hope that the cycle will be broken by the following generation. Who knows?

I just finished Wurthering heights and I also just discovered your channel.. and I adore both btw

What an incredibly well put together video, kudos to you, Leena!! I fiercely hated the book when I read it as a teen, mostly because it seemed society was telling me I should love it and I couldn't bring myself to care about any of the characters or their stories. I appreciate the creativity of telling a narrative through multiple secondary/tertiary sources, but the effect on me was apathy, like a classmate you don't particularly like telling you gossip about their shitty twice-removed cousin you don't know nor have any interest in getting to know. If anyone's hoping to crack into this story but not have to actually read it, I highly recommend Michael Ian Black's podcast "Obscure" where he reads directly from the book and comments on it as he goes with comedic flair. You get to experience schadenfreude as he suffers through it, as well as the jokey bits.

I've read this book pretty much every year for over 50 years since I was 12. It started with the Laurence Olivier movie, which was actually something of a romance. That was on a Friday night. On Saturday I devoured the book in one sitting. It helped that my mom's copy of the book had very evocative, dreamlike illustrations. She warned me that the narrative structure might be confusing, but I navigated it fine. At that age I thought it was a romance. After a few years I realized it wasn't. So why do I keep coming back, when all the characters are so awful? Partly nostalgia for my childhood, and partly for the one "character" I do love: the moors themselves. This book is stored in my brain with another book I've read every year for about the same amount of time: "The Secret Garden". I first read that one at age ten, and it was in that book I learned the word "wuthering." Besides the moors and the wuthering winds, both books feature grieving fathers who have lost their wives in childbirth, a spoiled sickly boy who is soothed when his girl cousin reads to him, a dead woman whose ghostly voice calls her lover's name. And in both there is healing and light at the end. If I hadn't loved "The Secret Garden" first, who knows whether "Wuthering Heights" would have grabbed me as a kid, or whether I'd still love it half a century later.

I actually was assigned to read Wuthering Heights in high school but I still didn't finish it and wrote my essay based on Sparknotes lmao maybe I'll have to try rereading it now but back then, I remember it being painful and tedious to get through. You're a real trooper, Leena!

"One woman Catherine not to be confused with... Catherine" I'm crying 😭😭

At 59 I read Wuthering Heights for the first time recently. I enjoyed hearing about your experience reading it and laughed at some of your reactions as I could relate.

I’ve tried to read wuthering heights twice, my pal absolutely loves it (she bought and papered her room with the prose) but I just can’t get into it 😂 might give it a 3rd try later but after that I’m charity shopping my copy lol

As a 30-something who recently read Wuthering Heights, I just want to say I also hated every character. It was awful. I will never read it again. Yet I'm glad I have read it, mostly so I can say that I know how miserable the whole book is

This is so interesting to me as someone who has only ever been able to read one classic start to finish: Wuthering Heights. I loved this book - I hated the characters, but it was such a compelling read to me. I read a second hand ex A Level copy so having margin notes definitely helped me understand it, and I don't think there's anything wrong with using sparknotes etc to understand classics. It's one of my most cherished books!

Yay! Always love your in-depth book videos❤❤

Thank you for vocalizing all my thoughts. I wish I’d read this one with a book club because there is sooo much to discuss. Oh! And thank you for saying you loved Nelly! You’re the first I hear say that and I concur completely!

i didn't think to look for a sketch so i only understood the timeline and the relationships towards the end, Really love it tho! in a way, he ends up being Cathy's gift in the sense that he matches her in a way none of the others can, coincidentally, that means they're both insane. edit edit: the disconnect from the characters, the obtuse narration are all aspects that made me like it, but one of the Most interesting things is how Cathy behaves almost as a storm and a curse on everyone around her and not a victim, even when she dies in such a tragic way

I read Wuthering Heights as a teen and loved it... I can't exactly remember why. I should re-read it before watching Emily, if only to see what was up with me as a kid.

Have you seen To Walk Invisible? It’s my fav film about the Brontës. Hareton and Cathy to me are the true love story of the novel. My fav Brontë novel is actually Agnes Grey, because Weston is totes adorable and it’s so unlike the other sisters’ novels.

Wuthering Heights is my grandma's favorite book and she even named my mum after Catherine! She said it's because it's so different from everything else she read while she was younger that she liked it so much

I remember when I first read Jane Eyre, it really took me by surprise how much I loved it-it instantly became one of my favourite classics. Off of the back of this incredible reading experience, I eagerly jumped into Wuthering Heights, and boy, was I surprised by how much I haaaated it. I’ve yet to read The Tenant of Wildfell Hall, but I am curious what the reading experience of that book will be lol

I remember reading this in secondary school and being told by the teacher that its an epic love story, and thinking ...errm, but like its NOT though! Its a story about abuse.

I also have never read it until three months ago. Okay, I tried to. Less than 70 pages in, I felt like I was reading in a dark room by candlelight. That's how dreary and dark the setting and tone were. That's how cold and unwelcoming the characters were. I barely got started and found myself having trouble reading in a brightly lit room. That's a lovely book cover btw. I've also never read Jane Eyer but heard positive things about it. I'm so glad I clicked on your video. No real spoilers and it's the push I needed to try to read it again. I may also try the audio book.

I found your video really interesting. This is one of the few books I've abandoned shortly after starting it, but I might give it another chance now with all these reflections in mind.

Oh perfect timing, I've spent my entire last semester with 19th century woman's literature and just finished 2 papers on this while never having read any of the Bronte sisters stuff. And now I don't need to! Thank you Leena

You never fail to entertain and make me laugh with these videos 🤣 Never stop making videos!

I love Wuthering Heights but i will never get over my English teacher calling this the greatest love story of all time

I love North and South by Elizabeth Gaskell. And the miniseries adaptation with Richard Armitage as wonderful. 💗 I also have an English Lit degree and have been a teacher for nearly 10 years and still haven't read Wuthering Heights! I have had a copy on my shelf for at least a decade. I feel like your audiobook/physical book combi idea might work for me. Thanks for sharing your thoughts!

I loved this format!! More please! It might be because I had so many similar feelings reading it! Surprised you didn't touch on the young Cathy storyline, that turned it around for me abit more.

I’ve read WH several times since I had to study it for A-Level English Literature and I would probably consider it up there as one of my favourite books. It made me take a trip to Haworth to walk around moodily on the moors 😂 Also, I absolutely love explaining the plot to people with a family tree diagram and watching their super confused faces at all the basically identical names 😂 I’ve not watched an adaptation of it that I’ve totally loved, they always fall short in some aspect for me and I’m really looking forward to seeing the new film about Emily Brontë.