@@readreadofficial Nice to hear that. I find Wuthering Heights especially interesting because of the intense aggression combined with the Moors as the stage. I think the characters fit perfect in the landscape and they seem to reflect the windy Moors as well. The famous window-scene is also something that I won’t forget. I’m still finding trying to find books that are up to the standard of Wuthering Heights for me. However, other books I enjoy are Liza (or Home of the Gentry) by Turgenev and Against Nature by Joris Karl Huysmans. The first one being more of a love story and the second one being more introspective essay. Turgenev speaks to me in the way he describes the setting sensible and beautifully, for instance abandoned gardens with old houses. One book that also stood out to me - and is considered a classic in my country - is The Evenings by Gerard Reve. This book is however, more of a book in which the characters “just steer out windows” 😊 . It has recently been translated to English. If you have any recommendations for me based on Wuthering Heights I would be happy to hear them! Greetings from the Netherlands
Read l Read Wuthering Heights To paraphrase your perspicacity, ~"Heathcliff's son Hareton and Catherine's daughter Cathy were the external embodiments of their essense." A great book made even better by your insightful video. Thanks.
You keep discussing books I know I have to read and then pressuring me to read them through your insights and praise. Shame! I did a whole seminar in college on gothic literature, yet this was somehow one we weren't assigned (though it came up constantly). There's a potential follow-up that may interest you: True Novel by Minae Mizumura, wherein the author writes about a 'true' story in Japan that strangely mimics the events of Wuthering Heights-with various metafictional asides throughout. I love that moment when you throw out, "Did you even finish the book?!"-I know exactly that feeling. I sometimes feel like I end up loving books only adored by those who actually read them.
Nelly is a perfect example of an unreliable narrator. She likes to paint herself as a bystander when in reality she wasn't, she definetely could've done something about what was happening but she never did, hell, sometimes she made the situation worse (like when she burned Linton Earnshaw and Catherine II's letters). Sure she isn't as abusive as Hindley or Joseph but being the best among the absolute worst doesn't make you a good person lmao.
I was giggling at abject reptile too! I never expected Brontë to be so funny 🤣
Absolutely one of my favourite books.
It's probably my favourite gothic novel so far. What are some other books you recommend?
@@readreadofficial Nice to hear that. I find Wuthering Heights especially interesting because of the intense aggression combined with the Moors as the stage. I think the characters fit perfect in the landscape and they seem to reflect the windy Moors as well. The famous window-scene is also something that I won’t forget.
I’m still finding trying to find books that are up to the standard of Wuthering Heights for me.
However, other books I enjoy are Liza (or Home of the Gentry) by Turgenev and Against Nature by Joris Karl Huysmans. The first one being more of a love story and the second one being more introspective essay. Turgenev speaks to me in the way he describes the setting sensible and beautifully, for instance abandoned gardens with old houses.
One book that also stood out to me - and is considered a classic in my country - is The Evenings by Gerard Reve. This book is however, more of a book in which the characters “just steer out windows” 😊 . It has recently been translated to English.
If you have any recommendations for me based on Wuthering Heights I would be happy to hear them!
Greetings from the Netherlands
The best Bronte book. It’s so chaotic and intense but also so beautiful.
Read l Read Wuthering Heights
To paraphrase your perspicacity, ~"Heathcliff's son Hareton and Catherine's daughter Cathy were the external embodiments of their essense."
A great book made even better by your insightful video. Thanks.
Thanks for watching!
You keep discussing books I know I have to read and then pressuring me to read them through your insights and praise. Shame!
I did a whole seminar in college on gothic literature, yet this was somehow one we weren't assigned (though it came up constantly). There's a potential follow-up that may interest you: True Novel by Minae Mizumura, wherein the author writes about a 'true' story in Japan that strangely mimics the events of Wuthering Heights-with various metafictional asides throughout.
I love that moment when you throw out, "Did you even finish the book?!"-I know exactly that feeling. I sometimes feel like I end up loving books only adored by those who actually read them.
Thanks for watching! I'll keep my eyes peeled for that Mizumura novel.
I tried to read it twice but could I don't know why it's seems so difficult and elusive I really want to give it anather try
Nelly is a perfect example of an unreliable narrator. She likes to paint herself as a bystander when in reality she wasn't, she definetely could've done something about what was happening but she never did, hell, sometimes she made the situation worse (like when she burned Linton Earnshaw and Catherine II's letters). Sure she isn't as abusive as Hindley or Joseph but being the best among the absolute worst doesn't make you a good person lmao.