It's me, Arielle! I know, I finally got started with blogging. I've currently been reading Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte. I bought the book a couple years ago (never read it), we were assigned IR#1, I found it on my floor, and figured... why not read it? It's supposed to be a tale of twisted romance between two people, Catherine and Heathcliff. I was quite certain that it would be a tough read (as it usually is with such awesome classics), but I still have a good feeling that the serendipity of choosing this book will have an interesting outcome. Besides, a tale of complicated, dreary, demented romance? How can a typical angst-ridden teenage girl resist?
Tuesday, October 26, 2010
Emily Bronte's Wuthering Heights
It's me, Arielle! I know, I finally got started with blogging. I've currently been reading Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte. I bought the book a couple years ago (never read it), we were assigned IR#1, I found it on my floor, and figured... why not read it? It's supposed to be a tale of twisted romance between two people, Catherine and Heathcliff. I was quite certain that it would be a tough read (as it usually is with such awesome classics), but I still have a good feeling that the serendipity of choosing this book will have an interesting outcome. Besides, a tale of complicated, dreary, demented romance? How can a typical angst-ridden teenage girl resist?
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Arielle, I'm so glad you're part of this community of bloggers. I'm sure you'll love this story. Perhaps, you should check the characteristics of Gothic literature, before you delve into it.
ReplyDeleteI'll be sure to! Thanks for the feedback Mrs. Griffin!
ReplyDeleteFrom Google -- Gothic fiction (sometimes referred to as Gothic horror) is a genre of literature that combines elements of both horror and romance. As a genre, it is generally believed to have been invented by the English author Horace Walpole, with his 1764 novel The Castle of Otranto.
ReplyDeleteFrom Suite 101, "Emily Bronte published Wuthering Heights in 1847, the same year as her sister Charlotte published Jane Eyre, and both novels show the influence of the Gothic tradition. Wuthering Heights has been classified as a love story, but the story of the passionate yet doomed love between Catherine and Heathcliff is far from a traditional Romance and relies heavily on key Gothic conventions."
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"Besides, a tale of complicated, dreary, demented romance? How can a typical angst-ridden teenage girl resist?"
ReplyDeleteyes, how can WE (as in you [Arielle] and I [Alana]) resist the urge to read this book revolving around hormones! ahahahahahaa
Hahaha, yes Alana, very hilarious. It's not necessarily a "romance novel" (wink wink); therefore I can assure you, there is no observed hormonal outbursts in this novel :P (so far) Perhaps in Brave New World!
ReplyDeletePerhaps you should reread this book later on, Alanajeanne. Then we can have a book talk :D