Wuthering Heights (Seasons Edition -- Winter)

Written by Emily Bronte

Narrated by Angharad Price

Emily Bronte’s world is one of dark romance and suspense, but it also has an underlying tone that can be found in her work about nature.

Wuthering Heights is the famous, all-encompassing, passionate, but ultimately doomed love story between Catherine Earnshaw and Heathcliff, and how this unresolved passion eventually destroys them and the people around them.

Today, considered a classic of English literature, Wuthering Heights was met with mixed reviews when it first appeared, mainly because of the narrative's stark depiction of mental and physical cruelty. This novel is set against Bronte’s classic backdrop of crime and punishment and will have you tantalized by nature's beauty--until it becomes clear that love can never be trusted.

Explore a world in Wuthering Heights where the criminal justice system is its own worst enemy, bringing in new meaning to “proof beyond reasonable doubt."

• Language: English
• Publisher: Thomas Nelson
• Release date: Nov 23, 2021
• ISBN: 9780785292623

Emily Bronte

Emily Brontë was born in 1818, the daughter of a curate. She was the most enigmatic of the three famous novelist sisters. Losing her mother very early in her life and following her elder sister Charlotte to school, she found life away from the Haworth parsonage extremely hard. Her time as a teacher at Law Hill School near Halifax was similarly trying. Homesickness drew her back to the moors and the life of a reclusive author. It was there, in 1848, that she died of tuberculosis just months after her brother Branwell. Few of her papers survive and her reputation is based on a few surviving poems and one novel, Wuthering Heights.

Reviews for Wuthering Heights (Seasons Edition -- Winter)

[margarft · Rating: 2 out of 5 stars]

God, everyone in this book is so insufferable.

[terriks · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

Catherine, Heathcliff, the moors, family angst and mad love. What's not to like here? There's a reason this book continues to draw readers: these are some wild characters. Terrific prose. More violence than one might be expecting. What a tale! Enjoy the ride.

[ghost_boy-691444 · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

I have to admit Wuthering Heights was at first hard to follow because of the language and who was speaking. However, as soon as I got into the book I could follow it much easier. My edition had a very helpful family tree in the beginning. My advice anyone is to look at the tree before you read the book (unless you can handle Catherine naming her daughter Catherine).

The part I happened to like the best was the characteristics of Heathcliff. He basically represented the moors themselves. He was dark and brutal, yet had a certain beauty about him. He is one of those characters you either love or hate. I happened to like the character because he was kind of that manly-man character with a wicked past to him.

One thing I should point out is that neither my high school or the Twilight books brought me to Wuthering Heights. I remembered reading in two of Virginia Woolf's books that she liked Wuthering Heights because Emily Bronte wrote differently then most women at her time. So if Woolf liked it, then I have to read the book because Woolf is my favorite author. Also, I still do not see the need for Twilight to reference Wuthering Heights just because of the love triangles. To be honest, the ending of Wuthering Heights is just depressing.

[agentx216 · Rating: 1 out of 5 stars]

Gah! This book is the most horrible thing I've read! Heathcliff is a horrible character! I didn't know I was ever suppose to root for him. He borders on crazy and even crazier. No one should be forced to read this dren. I'd rather be waterboardered than read this again...at least the psychological scars of waterboarding wouldn't last as long!

[mandarella-337035 · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

Simply: Heathcliff and Catherine grew up together as childhood lovers. He is a man without a past (sometimes called a "gypsy"). Catherine is a spunky, free spirited, headstrong woman. Catherine marries Edgar Linton and Heathcliff seeks vengeance. The unresolved passion between Heathcliff and Catherine destroys them, their family and those around them. This is not a tale of romance, instead it is a very deep and dark story about revenge and the generations of families that live on the properties of Wuthering Heights and Thrushcross Grange.

****

My first Brontë was Jane Eyre and I fell in love with Jane as a character. Unlike my love for Jane I don't "love" any of the characters in Wuthering Heights; however, I can say I love Wuthering Heights. I wasn't sure what to expect but I knew I was in for a twisted, dark brooding Gothic Fiction tale (my favorite).

The novel is full of complicated characters and this is a book for readers who understand and can appreciate flawed characters. While the characters are unlikable, I did fall in love with with the atmosphere - the dreariness, the two ancient manors of Wuthering Heights and Thrushcross Grange, and the four miles that separate them.

Heathcliff's character is comprised of the abusive and unloved childhood he experienced, his love and obsession with the only person who ever showed him any kindness (Catherine), and an adulthood as an angry, vengeful and violent man.

Catherine is selfish and vindictive. She married Edgar Linton but still loves Heathcliff. Catherine admits, "My love for Linton is like the foliage in the woods: time will change it, I'm well aware, as winter changes the trees. My love for Heathcliff resembles the eternal rocks beneath: a source of little visible delight, but necessary. Nelly, I am Heathcliff! He's always, always in my mind: not as a pleasure, any more than I am always a pleasure to myself, but as my own being. So don't talk of our separation again: it is impracticable."

While this is a bleak novel that deals with some very complicated people, in the end we are offered the possibility of peace and happiness through Cathy (younger) and Hareton's relationship, and the suggestion that Catherine and Heathcliff were reunited in the afterlife.

[brakketh-1 · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

One of those classic novels that are substantially different from your preconceived ideas. In my head Wuthering Heights was almost a classic romance rather than being a much more complex mix of romance, near horror and everything in between.

[christilee394 · Rating: 1 out of 5 stars]

Unpopular opinion here but I just don't understand the love for this book. Almost every character is self-centered and just horrible, self-centered, vile jerks.

[desiree_reads · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

A beautiful rendition of the classic Wuthering Heights, I reviewed this book for the "extras" it provides, rather than the story itself, as it is one we all know.

The cover on this hardback, both front and back, appear to be gorgeous. The book is also filled to the brim in the margins with small but wonderful illustrations of flowers, birds, feathers, pinecones, and more. One page may be half filled with a handful of dandelion blossoms, while another with warblers on some tree branches. Butterflies, squirrels, owls, and acorns - nature in many forms of lovely watercolors. The artwork is indeed a beauteous accompaniment to the text.

The description of the book also mentions additional content to be included, such as four-color maps, letters, family trees, and sheet music, which I didn't see in the PDF copy I reviewed, so hopefully these neat-sounding features will be included in the actual hardback.

A big thank you to Andrew McNeel Publishing and NetGalley for providing an Advance Reader Copy in exchange for this review.

[moukayedr · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

I read this very long ago in translation and it was also an abridged version. I do remember the main characters, Catherine and Heathcliff, but I am sure that the depth of these characters, their manipulative and sometimes evil ways were not conveyed properly in the translation.

I was fascinated throughout by the cruelty of Heathcliff and his drive for revenge, which knew no bounds. The book is mostly about him, but the object of his love, Catherine is also a selfish, though self-destructive character. These two eventually destroyed each other, leaving a literal trail of dead bodies around them.

The story is a study of the dark side of love, and how it can destroy when it fails to uplift. The choices Catherine Sr. made in her life, set forth a sequence of events that destroyed the lives of her nephew, her sister in-law and almost carried through to destroying her daughter, if the latter did not eventually heal herself by the power of love and forgiveness.

Ultimately it shows that the choice of the heart is always the correct one, rather than the choice of the ego, driven by considerations of status or fear. The most difficult character to understand was Joseph with his Yorkshire dialect, but he added colour to the narrative, and he was almost always full of crap about sin and how bad everyone is. His literal interpretation of the scripture made him especially cruel to the people he considered lacking in morals (almost every normal human being). We all know people like that. Meanwhile the narrator Nellie sounded like a wise person, and enlightened the audience with her insight into the people she knew, and at the same time kept us wondering about their motivation.

The book got progressively darker, I felt. At the beginning I found Mr. Lockwood's description of Heathcliff's family quite humorous, but his mood became more subdued in the latter chapter. Nellie Dean was quite a skilled narrator too and kept me interested, even though using her as a narrator is an antiquated device, I felt.

[gmomaj · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

For some reason, I could never make myself read this book, perhaps because of an ancient movie based on it. It was a wonderful, terrible story and for one who cries easily, a tear jerker! That being said, it's a wonderful book and this Audible edition was very well done.Famous, all-encompassing, passionate, but ultimately doomed love between Catherine Earnshaw and Heathcliff, and how this unresolved passion eventually destroys them and the people around them.Today considered a classic of English literature, Wuthering Heights was met with mixed reviews when it first appeared, mainly because of the narrative's stark depiction of mental and physical cruelty. Joanne Froggatt did a wonderful job narrating, although the Yorkshire accent of the servant, Joseph, was very hard to follow.

[andorion-259107 · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

A deeply disturbing book about some seriously messed up people. A significant portion of this book seems to have been the distilled essence of anger, jealousy and violence.

[pgchuis · Rating: 2 out of 5 stars]

Read for my OU course.I found the beginning of this story incomprehensible, but once Ellen Dean's narration kicks in things make more sense. I would have been lost at times without the family tree though. So, things I hated about this book:- all the characters without exception. (Even Ellen was manipulative and scheming, and Mr Lockwood was a self-satisfied snob.)- the 'plot' (there wasn't much of one).- Joseph's incomprehensible dialect.- the unrelenting misery, and cruelty.- the way all the character were damaged and their relationships dysfunctional.

[mandathestrange · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

An amazing classic that everyone should truly read, I've never read a book that has spurred me to have so many emotions. I experienced Heathcliff's fury, Catherine's moroseness and I could feel the fog on my skin drifting over the moors. It was utterly depressing but in the most beautiful way.

My only hiccup was Joseph's Yorkshire accent, i truly understand that Emily wanted to make this apparent. However it was incredibly hard and frustrating to understand even with the appendix helping me out. However it was clever device.

Emily wrote beyond her years and now I know why this novel will continue to stand the test of time.

I did prefer Jane Eyre, although I know everyone prefers Wuthering Heights. Interesting!

[thedivineoomba · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

I finally got around to reading Wuthering Heights, originator of the dark, handsome distant, and slightly abusive male love interest. Of course, the story is more than that, with a fairy like leading lady, and a gossipy servant telling an outsider everything and a setting that fits the story perfectly.The book is well written, especially the locations - from the dangerous moors to the houses of the two very different families. The characters themselves were well written, and I'd say stereotypical, except that in the cases of Heathcliff and Catherine, they SET the precedence.As for the plot, I'd sum it up as "How to raise children into absolute horrible creatures". Each of the characters were the sum of how they were raised, from Heathcliff, who was only loved by Catherine, to Linton, who was whiner who was alternately spoiled by his mother, and verbally abused by his father.Cathrine, the instigator, is a capricious being, not understanding how her words and actions both hurt her husband and her lover. And last, we have Ellen Dean, the old servant, who was there for the majority of the story. Ellen is quick to betray confidences, tell the new tenant the story of the family, and be extremely inconsistent in how she handles a situation. Everybody in this story is quick to get angry, slow to forgive, and seems to only live for hurting each other. Which isn't to say you shouldn't read it, but its not the dark and steamy romance that its made out to be in popular culture.

[drbrand-271246 · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

Jeez—and I thought Blood Meridian was bleak.

[thestrawberrymoon · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

A Romantic Ghost Story very atmospheric.

[soufflebun · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

I have to say that I did read it for school. But unlike many people in my year, I really really liked it. Over the course of the year I read it multiple times because I liked it so much (and yes exams). I'm not entirely sure what drew me to the book... I liked the time span, the narration, the description... It's not a book I would have recognised immediately as a future favourite, it's just sort of sprung up on me.

[suesbooks · Rating: 3 out of 5 stars]

I was disappointed in this classic. I was interested in the book, but the characters were presented as such extremes. This was a horrible love story, not a caring one.

[m.belljackson · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

ONE STAR less than perfect due to the horror of the dog hangings,I could understand Heathcliff's desire for revenge after the abuse he suffered for so many yearsand could relate to his passion for the love he had lost, but, the dog - NEVER!Ellen (Nelly) is the only likable character:Linton and his sister deserve each other.Heathcliff is filled with hatred, vengeance, jealousy, and remains selfish and just plain mean,as does his Great Love, Catherine who is also a self-indulgent, spiteful, unpredictable, and a hysterical liar.They deserve each other.Despite not connecting with the characters, Wuthering Heights is a wildly engrossing tale,complete, in the 1943 Random House edition, with equally wildly imaginative and evocativewood-cut illustrations by Fritz Eichenberg.

[kayis813-163108 · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

This book was much different than I expected. I wasn't sure whether or not I liked it for a couple of days, because I'm not used to liking a book that doesn't make me happy, but I found myself really wanting to see how it ended and decided that meant I did like it. The story was told very well and was engaging and felt everything I think the author was intending for me to feel. I didn't really root for any character which is another thing that made me unsure if I liked it or not since I love character driven stories but the characters, while not good people are very interesting.

[kayla.krantz · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

I'm a fan of classics, but not so much one of romance so I went into this book a little hesitant. I came out very pleasantly surprised though. This is an amazing book with both a complicated and fulfilling plot. My only grievance would be the names of the characters. Sometimes in the piece the similarity of the names would get confusing to the point where I would have to reread sections to clarify exactly which characters I was dealing with. Other than that, I loved this book! It's one of my new favorites.

[scottcholstad · Rating: 3 out of 5 stars]

I don't know. This is another "classic" I was told I had to like, but honestly, it's never done much for me. Frankly, I'm not a fan of the period and if I had to choose, I really prefer Charlotte over Emily... For those who love this era's literature, recommended. Not my cup of tea though...

[amanda4242_1 · Rating: 3 out of 5 stars]

300-odd pages of unpleasant people being hateful to each other.

[lvstrongpuff · Rating: 1 out of 5 stars]

Yeah I really didn't care for this book. I thought Heathcliff was a jerk. I thought it was really a stupid book. I know others love this book, but I just thought it was total crap

[antao-3 · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

(Original Review, 1981-01-02)The “dog scene” does not exist in the book as some sort of sick foreplay; it’s actually an extremely clever piece of writing. Besides showing Heathcliff total disregard for Isabella, it’s a reality check for those girls with romantic notions about Byronesque “bad boys”. Isabella is so infatuated, that she cannot understand, although he flaunts it on her face ( that’s what makes the scene interesting) that what she takes for intensity and romantic darkness is actually plain cruelty. Isabella is selective in what she chooses to see, she wants to run away with this man everyone calls dangerous and not even the fact he hangs her pet dog stops her on her tracks. As we will see later in the book she does eventually find out he’s actually a plain domestic abuser, but by then she has been totally crushed.It’s not Emily’s fault people see Heathcliff as some sort of romantic hero, just like Isabella readers have been choosing what they want to highlight or disregard.The book has been adapted many times - mostly very badly and there a misunderstanding that this is a romantic novel so people are confused and disappointed in it. It’s also been lampooned many times. Actually it’s an extraordinary brilliant observation of the effect of neglect in early childhood, long before child psychiatry. There is no whitewashing and the damage done as an infant to Heathcliffe is permanent despite the kindness of the Earnshaws. He destroys what he loves and others with him. The character of Nelli Dean is also brilliantly drawn. She understands more than anyone but is forced to observe on the sidelines as a servant as the family and then another family is pulled into the tragedy. I love the story of her refusal to accommodate her precious piano pupils play time and her preference to the dog.The Brontës lived though a traumatic childhood and survived a boarding school which sounded like a pro type for the workhouses. Haworth at the time had greater social deprivation than the east end of London, with all the alcoholism, drugs, disease and violence that went with it and their brother brought home daily. Orphans and abandoned children were bought like slaves from London to work in the mill towns and as vicarage daughters were expected to help out with the night schools their father had organised. They weren’t sheltered - they saw the lot which is why no doubt Emily Brontë drew the character of an abandoned orphan child so well. Emily Brontë refused to admit to her consumption and was kneading bread the morning she died. Like Elizabeth, first she remained standing for as long as possible only finally lying down just before she died.Child neglect, for whatever reason, it was one of the themes in “Wuthering Heights” that stroked a chord with me, and I do not think it’s explored enough. The fact that Heathcliff decided to replicate his own abuse by inflicting it on Hareton, with the expectation that he would turn out as “twisted” as him as form of vengeance is quite interesting. Even more interesting is the fact Emily chose to make that experiment a failed one; even before that advent of child psychology, she clearly understood that the experience of abuse and neglect is unique to the individual, and the way people react to it unpredictable. That’s something that bewildered Heathcliff, and in a way, the realisation that he could not make people as detestable as he was, even though they have also been victimised, contributed to, by the end to make him him even more unstable.

[serenova_phoenix · Rating: 3 out of 5 stars]

Had to read this in high school. Was not impressed. Honestly? Just found the whole thing depressing and a slog to get through. I can appreciate the skill that went into writing it and I understand it's a classic, but I personally didn't enjoy it.

[comfypants · Rating: 3 out of 5 stars]

A man obsessed with his childhood friend spends his lifetime destroying her family.3/4 (Good).This is a wild ride. It's a continuous stream of Big, Dramatic Scenes. There's no protagonist, and consequently no satisfying story arc, which normally would be guaranteed to make me dislike a book. But in this case, it works somehow.

[jon1lambert · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

Yet another book that I was sure I had read in full as a child but didn't. How was it possible for a reclusive figure to write such a book before the age of 30? How did she understand the passions and emotions that drive people to extreme behaviour and actions? Once I had sorted out the various Catherines, the Earnshaws and the Lintons, and some Yorkshire dialect, I became engrossed. The remoteness and isolation of the setting provide the ideal claustrophobic context for the passions to burst forth and wreak havoc. Yet the passions and emotions are universal.

[gypsysmom_1 · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

Despite this being an acknowledged classic that shows up on such lists as 1001 books to read before you die I was not overly impressed with this book. I think the main problem for me was how easily everyone resorted to violence. Was this really indicative of life in the rural reaches of England in the early 1800s? The Earnshaw and the Linton families lived near to each other in Yorkshire and were the gentry of the neighbourhood. Both families had one son and one daughter but Mr. Earnshaw added a foundling whom he called Heathcliff to his family. Heathcliff and Cathy Earnshaw formed a deep friendship which became almost monomaniacal as they grew older. Yet Cathy decided to marry Edgar Linton which caused Heathcliff to retaliate by eloping with Isabella Linton. When Heathcliff and Isabella returned to Wuthering Heights Cathy was very ill. Edgar forbade Heathcliff from seeing Cathy but Heathcliff would not be put off. Cathy died the next day but did succeed in giving birth to a daughter who was named Catherine. Heathcliff had managed to acquire all the land associated with Wuthering Heights by gambling with Hindley Earnshaw. Through his marriage to Isabella he would gain the Linton property as well since Edgar did not have a male heir. Isabella soon ran away from Heathcliff and Wuthering Heights. She gave birth to a son, Linton, and kept him with her until her death. Then Linton came under the parentage of Heathcliff who had nothing but contempt for this sickly child. Nevertheless he was determined to marry his son to Cathy's daughter and he carried this out by kidnapping Catherine and her maid. Catherine and Linton were married but it is hard to believe there was any consummation of the marriage since Linton was so ill. Linton died shortly after Catherine's father which left Catherine to the mercy of Heathcliff. Somehow Catherine fell in love with her other male cousin, Hareton Earnshaw, who was uneducated and brutish but quite smitten with Catherine. Heathcliff died and was still so much in love with Cathy that he insisted on being buried by the side of her grave with the sides of their two coffins knocked out so they could rest eternally together. I know this book is supposed to be an example of a great love affair but I just thought both Cathy and Heathcliff were bordering on insanity. And Heathcliff had no redeeming qualities as far as I am concerned. He was violent, sadistic, selfish and miserly. What did Cathy see in him? And how did a sheltered young lady come up with such a character? Since she died soon after the book was published there was never any explanation fom Emily Bronte.

[philsyphe · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

I enjoyed my second visit to “Wuthering Heights” more than the first. This is partly because my first read was spread out over 4 –6 weeks (I think in 2005, though it could’ve been a couple of years either way), whereas my second read took 6 days, commencing from Emily Brontë’s 200th birthday, which is why I thought I’d give it another look.I was also less enthused during my first read because I'd previously watched numerous adaptations of “Wuthering Heights” over the years, with all but one (which I saw after reading the novel) skipping much, if not all, of the story’s second half. In short, my expectations were that this tale would revolve around Cathy and Heathcliff’s unique relationship. In a sense it does (won’t add more in case I spoil things for anyone), but from about halfway through, we see other characters emerge who rarely appear in most screen adaptations. Another pre-reading influence was Kate Bush's song “Wuthering Heights”, which I’ve always loved, and this also made me think the main theme would be Heathcliff and Cathy’s passion for each other. Therefore, during my first read I felt a little disappointed that their relationship wasn’t as emphasised as expected.When I approached “Wuthering Heights” for a second time, I knew what to expect, though after such a long gap since I first read it, I’d naturally forgotten a lot, especially events in the second half. This is by no means a beautiful love story, but rather a bleak tale of sadness, loneliness, loss, cruelty, and misery, yet it’s not entirely devoid of hope. I admire how the author structured the narrative. It’s multi-first person, predominantly told by Nelly and Mr Lockwood, with smaller parts filled in by other characters. It all blends in very well together, and what makes the narrative’s construction even more impressive is that it’s not strictly linear. This type of thing can often prove messy, but Emily Brontë handles it smoothly.One review I saw criticises “Wuthering Heights” for have no sense of place. This I must disagree with. In fact, I consider the sense of place as one of the book’s great strengths. I could vividly “see” the moors, the landscape, plus the rooms at the Heights and at the Grange.My only real criticism is Joseph’s dialogue. Although I’m a Yorkshireman myself, much of Joseph’s broad dialect took some understanding – and the odd phrase I couldn’t fathom out – and overall his dialogue really slows the narrative down. I imagine anyone outside of Yorkshire – and even more so anyone outside of England – would have immense trouble understanding Joseph.An interesting aspect to this story is of course the supernatural element. I suspect anyone who hasn’t read this book has at least seen an adaptation where, at the end, Cathy and Heathcliff reunite after death. I was actually disappointed this wasn’t developed to a similar extent in the book, as it’s something special in the well-done adaptations where we see these thwarted lovers reunited. In the novel, however, their reunion is more of a casual reference. It's still a poignant moment – or moments – though, and reading it for the second time I appreciated it more than the first.We also see Mr Lockwood endure a supernatural encounter at a window early on, which is one of my favourite scenes, and an important one.I don’t always appreciate the supernatural seeping in to novels that are essentially “real life”, but in this case, the supernatural parts not only feel believable, they also add hope to a tragic story. Without the afterlife moments, “Wuthering Heights” wouldn’t hit the mark in the same way. The ending would’ve been too depressing. As it is, we’re left with hope for the living and for the dead.While I feel Heathcliff and Cathy’s story is the novel most appealing element, I do like the story which revolves around the new characters featured in the second half, and how they interact with Heathcliff’s deceptive and despicable nature. In fact, my favourite character is the younger Catherine. She, along with Hareton and Isabella, are the three who I feel the most sympathy towards.Most of the misery in this story stems from Heathcliff’s actions, though the likes of Hindley and Joseph don’t exactly spread light into the world. It’s hard to feel sympathy for many of the characters because of their selfishness and unkindness. It’s debateable whether Cathy is more selfish than Heathcliff. Despite Heathcliff affecting more people’s lives for the worst, much – if not all – of this is through Cathy and her brother Hindley’s treatment of Heathcliff during his youth. While Hindley causes Heathcliff physical and mental torment, Cathy's brand of mental anguish is surely worse. I don’t think Cathy does this deliberately, as she’s too self-absorbed to realise how her motives will devastate Heathcliff.The younger Catherine comes across as selfish and haughty many times, but I like her because deep down she has a good heart and she’s a bright character in a dark world. She’s horrible to poor Hareton, who deserves better, yet she goes out of her way to help Linton, who doesn’t deserve her attention. Linton, in my opinion, is the most detestable character of all. Granted, some of his behaviour is owing to Heathcliff’s influence, but at heart Linton is a spineless, self-obsessed creature.Heathcliff, whatever you think of him, is a fascinating character. The whole story pretty much revolves around his treatment of others, and how others treat or perceive him. He has that “lost soul” element about him, with his origins shrouded in mystery. I commend the author for creating such a vivid and memorable character.I originally rated “Wuthering Heights” four stars when I added it to my Goodreads shelf in 2013. This was based on reading it circa 2005. After finishing it again in August 2018, I felt four stars was a fair rating; however, the characters and various scenes from the book have stayed with in the subsequent days. Not many novels have this type of potency to “haunt” me, so on reflection, I feel “Wuthering Heights” deserves five stars.