Wuthering Heights Paperback – Deckle Edge, 16 December 2003

How do I even review Wuthering Heights? Twenty years after reading Emily Brontë’s only published masterpiece for the first time, it wasn’t surprising to note that the novel stirred up the same emotions. However, a wiser me also sympathised with the wronged innocents.I am trying to pen a review for those who are yet to read this.Readers accustomed to reading modern literature might find the language a tad archaic. The paragraphs are lengthy, as was the norm in that era. Thankfully, this book came with a glossary. I found, to my surprise, that it was helpful to me as well.Joseph’s dialogues were a bit tricky, but once I got the hang of the words, it became easier to navigate the book. For the uninitiated, he is a servant at Wuthering Heights and speaks in a Yorkshire dialect.The characters are a reviewer’s (and a critic’s) delight. Catherine Earnshaw is the headstrong heroine of the novel. Her oscillations between her sympathy for Heathcliff and the newfound admiration for the rich Lintons are believable. Plagued by depression, her behaviour in the later stages evokes sadness from the readers. Heathcliff is the brooding, vengeance-driven anti-hero. Despite his unforgivable deeds, I couldn’t but wonder how things would have panned out if Hindley had been kind to the foundling or if Heathcliff had overheard Catherine’s passionate line, “Nelly, I am Heathcliff—he's always, always in my mind—not as a pleasure, anymore than I am always a pleasure to myself—but, as my own being—so, don’t talk of our separation again…”Rereading this made me think of the two primary narrators, Mrs. Dean and Mr. Lockwood. The novel also features a few fleeting ones, like Isabella and Zillah, but I will concentrate on the major ones. How reliable was Mrs. Dean as she recounted the tale to Mr. Lockwoood? How much bias might have crept into her narrative? Seeing the way she took liberties while conveying (or not) the messages to their intended recipients, she also had a hand in steering the wheel of the plot.Coming to Heathcliff, I am in a quandary. Here was an orphan, shunned by many. Did that justify his revenge by committing despicable deeds? That, I believe, is the beauty of his characterisation—the antihero with not just feet of clay but immense and irredeemable flaws.Wuthering Heights, as a result, remains a classic to this day, and I still love it to bits.

obviously the Bronte sisters don't disappoint, but neither does this book copy. binding is immaculate, the print is clean, the cover is high quality and overall a joy to read- the paper quality is perfect and no ink from my pen annotations bleeds through. no hesitation, *buy it!!*

,thank you. .. So good packaging and pages ...I like it

Good quality book

I love this book. The passionate romance between Heathcliff and Cathy was way beyond its time.Bronte really had my heart when she said: Whatever our souls are made of, his and mine are the same.

A very good read

It was delivered just in two days and had clean sharp edges,no damaged pages or spine came with a good printSatisfied 👍

Physical quality of the book is good.