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    Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte

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    On 6/20/2017 at 12:49 AM, KEV67 said:

    I liked Wuthering Heights a lot more than Jane Eyre, although my opinion of Jane Eyre is coloured by having to study it for O level at school. WH is very different and original. It's very poetic writing. I did not have too much trouble with Joseph because I've read the James Herriot books. Sadly, I don't think too many people speak like that any more.

         

    I completely agree with you. I only liked Jane Eyre in parts.Somehow it lacked the spontaneity  and intensity of WH. It is stupendous the way Emily Bronte has created the atmosphere of the novel and the two gigantic characters.The novel ranks with the powerful storm scenes of King Lear  while the narrator  Nellie Dean's voice sounds poetic and delicate. Surely there's certain art in Wuthering Heights that does not meet the common eye! 

    Fyodor Dostoevsky

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    On 9/28/2011 at 10:53 PM, Mashunja said:

    Exactly! Some of his less popular books are way more interesting to read.

     

    I think it is not the reputation.It is a great novel, but it doesn't stand rereading. Everything is predictable and there is nothing to gain in a second reading. The Idiot , to me ,is a very interesting novel --- and after three readings too it's very fresh. The Brothers Karamazov is a great novel --- the greatest in world literature for its sheer thematic grandeur. 

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