Comments on: “Wuthering Heights” (2009) http://www.girldetective.net/?p=1802 Reading, Writing, Movies and Mothering in Minneapolis, Mostly Thu, 14 May 2026 07:50:45 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: girldetective http://www.girldetective.net/?p=1802&cpage=1#comment-16397 girldetective Wed, 04 Feb 2009 03:33:33 +0000 http://www.girldetective.net/?p=1802#comment-16397 Steph, it's a very polarizing book because Cathy and Heathcliff are such extreme and not very likeable characters. But I've come to love it over repeated re-readings, because it's got a fascinating framing story, and an intricate timeline that is subtle but perfectly wrought. And, love em or hate em, Heathcliff and Cathy are complex. I broke down and bought the brand new Oxford World Classics edition, published last year. It's quite good looking. We'll see how soon I manage it. And yes, make fun of me, because I have about six other copies on the shelf, bought for their illustrations, their footnotes, their portability, etc. Steph, it’s a very polarizing book because Cathy and Heathcliff are such extreme and not very likeable characters. But I’ve come to love it over repeated re-readings, because it’s got a fascinating framing story, and an intricate timeline that is subtle but perfectly wrought. And, love em or hate em, Heathcliff and Cathy are complex.

I broke down and bought the brand new Oxford World Classics edition, published last year. It’s quite good looking. We’ll see how soon I manage it. And yes, make fun of me, because I have about six other copies on the shelf, bought for their illustrations, their footnotes, their portability, etc.

]]> By: Amy http://www.girldetective.net/?p=1802&cpage=1#comment-16389 Amy Wed, 28 Jan 2009 18:46:23 +0000 http://www.girldetective.net/?p=1802#comment-16389 I'd have to agree. Catherine was miscast. But I did like Tom Hardy very much. I need to reread the book too. I’d have to agree. Catherine was miscast. But I did like Tom Hardy very much. I need to reread the book too.

]]> By: Steph http://www.girldetective.net/?p=1802&cpage=1#comment-16388 Steph Wed, 28 Jan 2009 04:27:26 +0000 http://www.girldetective.net/?p=1802#comment-16388 Oof. Read Wuthering Heights in 12th Grade and no power on this earth would have me re-read it... not even a PBS adaptation. How anyone has ever categorized it as a love story is beyond me. I hated Heathcliff & Cathy at 17, and I've been finding myself increasingly unsympathetic to characters in novel who just need a large helping of therapy, so I doubt I'd be more sympathetic to their plight a second time round. Oof. Read Wuthering Heights in 12th Grade and no power on this earth would have me re-read it… not even a PBS adaptation. How anyone has ever categorized it as a love story is beyond me. I hated Heathcliff & Cathy at 17, and I’ve been finding myself increasingly unsympathetic to characters in novel who just need a large helping of therapy, so I doubt I’d be more sympathetic to their plight a second time round.

]]> By: weirleader http://www.girldetective.net/?p=1802&cpage=1#comment-16385 weirleader Tue, 27 Jan 2009 21:34:15 +0000 http://www.girldetective.net/?p=1802#comment-16385 Thank you so much for sharing such a marvelous word! I had never heard of "jolie-laide" before and came across <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2005/10/16/style/tmagazine/t_b_2122_talk_jolie_laide_.html" rel="nofollow">a wonderful article</a> detailing the intricacies of the word. It made my day (which might say something for how drab that can be). Thank you so much for sharing such a marvelous word! I had never heard of “jolie-laide” before and came across a wonderful article detailing the intricacies of the word. It made my day (which might say something for how drab that can be).

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