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This is the topic to discuss Wuthering Heights, your thoughts, opinions or maybe you just want to debate it.

Book Synopsis:

"Wuthering Heights", Emily Bronte's only novel, is one of the pinnacles of 19th-century English literature. It's the story of Heathcliff, an orphan who falls in love with a girl above his class, loses her, and devotes the rest of his life to wreaking revenge on her family.

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1. Be polite, people have differing opinions, it doesn't mean anyone is wrong.

2. Try and keep it spoiler free if you do have to use a spoiler please use < spoiler > *insert your spoiler and then* < / spoiler > (view spoiler)[Also when doing the spoiler thing don't leave any gaps between the things. (hide spoiler)]

3. If you like, I can see if there are any questions online for you to answer about the book so we can see how our opinions differ.

Is anyone reading this? I've read this book three times and I love it!

I'm on chapter 2. =D I have a love/hate relationship with classics.

That's much like my relationship with them. It's better if I come at them because I want to read them than because I am required to do so by school.

I'm hoping to start Wuthering this weekend.

Lol. I know, although I got to read Edgar Allen Poe at school and I adore The Tell Tale Heart. It's amazing.

I read The Black Cat by Poe. It was pretty good. I got the book free at a hotel in Reims. :p I'm not sure if I was supposed to take the book with me, but they left a book in my room that wasn't a Bible - what did they expect?!

Lol. I'm like that, if someone leaves a book somewhere I'll pick it up. I'm terrible. It's like an addiction.

I know! I can't just leave a book lying there!

In my opinion, classics can only be enjoyed when you read them on your own, not when they forced you to do it. When that happens, they become annoying (most of them, the only exception in my life has been the three musketeers *_*)

I agree with that. I love children's classics the most though. There's just something about books like The Secret Garden that make them special. =)

They're easier to read and don't spend page after page larking on about the stained glass window in a church? :p

Only classic I had to read for school that I enjoyed was a play called The Infernal Machine, but it was based on the Greek myth or Oedipe... Oedipus or something in English? I only know him in French.

That's probably it. =P

No idea what's the name in English. We call him Edipo, which is quite easy to write and pronounce :P

Charmaine Elaine wrote: "I agree with that. I love children's classics the most though. There's just something about books like The Secret Garden that make them special. =)"

I love Fantastic Mr. Fox. I read it when I was in 4th grade, and I read it again and again and again. I could almost recite it.

Jeshu wrote: "Charmaine Elaine wrote: "I agree with that. I love children's classics the most though. There's just something about books like The Secret Garden that make them special. =)"

I love Fantastic Mr. F..."

I love Roald Dahl. My favourite of his is Matilda.

I'm on chapter 18 in Wuthering Heights. But I still can't decide if I like it or not. It's the first time I've read it and so far it's full of surprises and crazy people! I'm definitely not a big fan of Isabella. :P

Isabella is annoying :P

I finally finished it and I really liked it! The ending was really good. :)

Yes! It was quite surprising for me when I first read it. What do you think of Heathcliff and Catherine's relationship?
I think it was both passionate and sick. Heathcliff's obession was quite scary :S

I did eventually finish this. I just forgot to comment in here. I really enjoyed it and I felt it was more a story of ghosts than of love. (view spoiler)[ this is probably because the characters were either already dead or died during the narration. (hide spoiler)]

Pretty good, but one I think I need to revisit. I read this book years ago now, and I think I could much better appreciate it were I to try reading it again now that I'm quite a bit older.

Another one I've read several times, and enjoyed every time...