Wednesday, November 24, 2010

Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte

Published in 1847 , this book is the only work of Emily Bronte. The book is regarded as one of the classics and stands tall on class. 

This book is rather a violent love story between Heathcliff and Catherine. Heathcliff is an orphan and spends his childhood with Catherine. Though they would hate other externally but there was intense love behind the veil of hate. But sometimes love has to suffer the wrath of society. Catherine though in love could not marry him because he is poor and uneducated and not that worthy a husband. I have picked few beautiful lines from the book where she talks about her love , "It would degrade me to to marry Heathcliff ,now;so he shall never know how I love him; and that, not because he's handsome,Nelly, but because he's more myself than I am. Whatever our souls are made of, his and mine are the same, and Linton's is as different as a moonbeam from lightning , or frost from fire."   

The story is also of vengeance and many of Heathcliff's action can be categorized as diabolical. He takes a violent path to return back his vengeance.This makes him a mirthless man who becomes the cause of the death of Catherine , the woman he loved. But this strange tale of love does not end here. The tormentor gets tormented all through his life . 

" May you not rest , as long as I am living.You said I killed you - haunt me then."

A treat for people who love Literature, one book which I may confess to be a must read.

Rating: 4.2/5 

4 comments:

Moli said...

so that's the catherine and heathcliff we always hear about .. just like heer and ranjha
your writing has become very expressive, great improvement dost.

Just one question, though I myself don't mind so much knowing the ending of a story, but the inspiration is lost sometimes. Like bhale suggested and if it's ok, reviewers should save the climax for the readers, shouldn't they?? Or are you compelled to write it? Just want to know.

Abhinav said...

@ Moli : I have not mentioned the ending and in general avoid writing about the characters. There are many characters in the book and it is more about reading and enjoying it in this case. However i will try to hide the main theme in future.

Aniket said...

Tried reading this book, gave up after few pages. Will have to try again.

And yes, death disclose kyon kiya? If it's inconsequential then it's fine :)

Reviews are getting better by the way!

Jyoti Babel said...

Came here from Book Reviews..

I loved reading this book although I had read it a long time back..
I am of the view that the climax should not be revealed for the sake of a review..the story loses its charm..