—Wuthering Heights is a love story like no other. And I mean it. Emily Brontë weaves a tale of obsession, revenge, and heartbreak set against the wild Yorkshire moors. While the gothic atmosphere is beautifully written, the characters are intense and brutal, sometimes to the point of frustration. Love or destruction? You decide. A classic worth reading, but not for the faint of heart! 💔📖✨

Wuthering Heights von Emily Brontë erzählt die (Liebes)Geschichten zweier Familien über zwei Generationen, von welchen eine Geschichte ein glückliches und die andere ein tragisches Ende hat. Emily Brontë arbeitet viel mit Kontrasten, wobei selbst die Namen der Familien bedeutungstragend für Charaktere und ihre Entwicklung sind. Dies betrifft sowohl die beiden Catherines, wie auch Isabella. Das Buch schneidet unter anderem das Thema der Klassengesellschaft an, wobei letztlich unklar ist, wie die Autorin dazu steht. Im ersten Teil des Buches scheint sie Heathcliffs Diskriminierung aufgrund seiner Klassenzugehörigkeit als ungerecht zu empfinden. Doch im weiteren Verlauf des Buches ist sein sozialer Aufstieg die Ursache vielen Unglücks. Emily Brontës Schreibstil ist recht poetisch. Um die Klassenzugehörigkeit bestimmter Charaktere zu unterstreichen, wird ihre mündliche Rede im Yorkshire Accent geschrieben, welcher teils schwierig zu verstehen ist. Wie es für gothic literature typisch ist entspricht die Szenerie häufig der Atmosphäre. Geister spielen eine Rolle in der Geschichte, obgleich in Brontës Roman ihre Existenz nie tatsächlich bestätigt wird, was es dem Leser freistellt selbst darüber zu entscheiden, ob übernatürliche Dinge am Werk sind. Insgesamt handelt es sich um einen spannenden Roman, dessen größte Schwäche die zu unsympathischen Charaktere sind. Besonderes in der ersten Generation ist keiner der Charaktere besonders ansprechend, was das Interesse an ihrem Schicksal vermindert. In der zweiten Generation verbessert sich dies, obwohl auch hier die Charaktere ihre Fehler besitzen.

3.5 ⭐️ I really struggled with this book. I read a lot in English, even classics and no other book was so hard for me to read like this one. -I could never decipher what Jospeh was saying -It was really hard to know when the perspectives were switching between Nelly and Mr. Lockwood, as my copy didn't really use quotation marks, so I never could be 100% sure if Nelly was finished speaking and to whom the "I" was referring to -The use of mostly the last names - I switched to a German audiobook around halfway through the book and through comparing it with the English copy, I realized that the translators sometimes added the first names in the text; the last names of Isabella, Catherine and Cathy changed during the book as they got married and I just found it easier to understand what was going on if there was sometimes a first name mentioned. - I had a wrong idea about this book. This isn't a lovestory about two kids called Heathcliff and Catherine. This is the story about two families, living in two houses, and there is love in their story, but this book really isn't a love story. The characters aren't meant to be likeable, they do some quite disturbing things. And even Nelly, the narrator for most of the book, wasn't very likeable for me - but that was all intended by the author. This book gives off a very dark and violent atmosphere, and it seems like a book best read in autumn/fall. Especially those descriptions of nature are something I will forever associate with this book. I applaud Emily Brontë for writing this book, that was so much darker than what must have been appropriate in her times. But the writing style, those accent that Joseph and some other villagers use, the missing quotation marks... all those things made me feel very stupid while reading; like I wasn't well-read enough to understand the story. I guess if I had read only the translation of this book, where they added first names and made it clearer when Nelly was speaking and when she was done, I would have loved this book so, so much. Now, I will always remember how stupid this book made me feel; so stupid that I had to stop after the first half, read a literature guide for it and then read it all again; so my reading experience with this book wasn't great. Maybe even an introduction in my copy would have helped me understand that there were two narrators...

I love the story of Catherine and Heathcliff, the characters are so deep and you must like them. I read this book at least 3 times, because i like to visit them and the place they live in again and again. I don't want to say more about the characters itself because this would become a very long rating. Just read yourself, it's a Must-Read!

Beautifully written, but I found it hard not to be annoyed by the sheer stupidity of nearly every character. It might be that I am not able to comprehend certain emotions and thus don't understand certain decisions that are taken, but goddamnit these people just love to jump head-first into misery and sorrow.

I first read a German translation of Wuthering Heights out of interest during my school days; and then in University, I took several classes on Victorian literature, so of course I read WH not only once and under different view points. What I love most, and what kept me going through all the complicated relationships and the non-chronological order and aaaall the kitschy suffering - was how extreme the characters were. Not even likable - I'm not sure I feel much sympathy for any of them, truth be told -, but there are so many layers there to be analysed. I loved discovering how twisted both Cathy and Heathcliff are, and maybe try to grasp what made them that way, what motivated them etc. And then their harsh and unforgiving 'romance'. It isn't a classic for nothing, is all I can say.

„Whatever our souls are made of, his and mine are the same“ Heathcliff ist ein Findling, der in die Familie von Catherine Earnshaw auf dem Gutshof Wuthering Heights aufgenommen wird. Die beiden verbindet eine tiefe Freundschaft und stürmische sowie leidenschaftliche Charakterzüge. Catherine entschließt sich dazu, den ärmlichen Verhältnissen auf Wuthering Heights zu entfliehen, indem sie den wohlhabenden Nachbarn Edgar Linton heiratet. Heathcliff, blind vor Zorn, ist auf Rache aus. Wuthering Heights ist einer meiner Lieblingsklassiker, aber ich kann gar nicht genau sagen warum. Es war einfach die gesamte Stimmung des Buches, die ich beim Lesen gefühlt habe. Es hat mich irgendwie nicht losgelassen.✨ Eine tragisch-schöne Liebesgeschichte, von einer Liebe die so stark ist, aber nicht sein soll und sich über Leben und Tod zieht. Trotzdem spielen Hass, Gier, Habsucht und Misshandlung die größten Rollen in der Geschichte.

Sprachlich anspruchsvoll und die Sätze in Dialekt habe ich meist nur überflogen, denn es war aussichtslos, dass ich da viel verstehe. Ansonsten hat mir die Geschichte sehr gut gefallen. Das Ende kam dann aber sehr schnell und wirkte etwas "jetzt muss das Buch aber mal fertig werden".

Vor über 15 Jahren habe ich Wuthering Heights im Englisch LK gelesen und obwohl ich mich nur noch daran erinnerte, dass es eine Liebesgeschichte gibt und einen eher grummeligen Heathcliff der Teil dieses "tragischen Paares" ist, wusste ich noch dass es mir gefallen hat. Wir sind während der Kursfahrt sogar in der Region gewesen wo das angeblich originale Wutehring Heights (heute nur Ruinen) stand. Nunja.... ich bin schwer enttäuscht und weiß nicht was ich damals an diesem Roman fand. Liebe? Wenn das Liebe ist verzichte ich! Das Buch strotzt nur so vor Hass, Missgunst und gegenseitigem quälen, ob psychisch oder physisch! Die Charaktere sind durch und durch unsympathsich und spätestens ab der Hälfte des Buches waren sie mir ziemlich egal. Ein hin und her der Gemeinheiten - mehr ist es nicht! Dazu stirbt man offenbar direkt oder fast, wenn man zu dieser Zeit mal "in den Regen kam". Auch erfährt man nichts "drum herum". Es geht immer nur um diese zwei Familien und ihre Hausangestellten. Dass mal ein Milchmann erwähnt wird ist schon das Höchste. Mir fehlte einfach so viel, was zum Beispiel "Die Dornenvögel" oder "Vom Winde verweht" hat. Die Tiefe, die Spannung, die Empathie für Charaktere und deren Geschichten... Vielleicht liegt es auch am Erzählstil, denn alles wird von einer Hausangestellten berichtet und dadurch wirkt alles nicht so nah, obwohl sie zum Teil sehr detailliert über die Gefühle der Personen spricht. Aber irgendwie berühte es mich nicht. Schade, Schokolade! Ich bin aber sehr froh, dass 1. ein Buddy-Read dazu stattfand und 2. ich vom englischen Hardcover auf das deutsche Hörbuch (Gratis bei Spotify) wechseln konnte >> Sonst hätte ich wohl frühzeitig abgebrochen!

Never has it been this hard for me to rate a book... Here are some of my thoughts about it: - I liked the variety of characters in the novel, they kept "Wuthering Heights" interesting and are definitely deeper than a lot of characters in YA- novels for example, even though not being very realistic in their behaviour. - I missed, absolutely missed being able to relate to the characters or the story which might have been caused by the quite unusual perspective Emily Brontë has chosen since the whole story is basically told by Ellen Dean, housekeeper in Wuthering Heights/ Thrushcross Grange. This also leads to another aspect: it is not clear to me why Mr. Lockwood - who is the actual first-person narrative - was even in the story. In my mind, he has not added anything to the novel, apart from maybe making the reader feel as if being the one Mrs Dean tells Wuthering Heights' story to.. - To conclude, "Wuthering Heights" just didn't fascinate me the way other books have.It is not a bad novel but reading it, it - to me- just felt like something was missing.

Das Waisenkind Heathcliff wird von der Familie Earnshaw auf dem Gutshof "Sturmhöhe" aufgenommen. Die Tochter Catherine freundet sich schon bald mit dem Neuankömmling an und verliebt sich in ihm, wohingegen ihr Bruder nur Neid für ihn zu empfinden scheint. Aus dem Neid entwickelt sich Hass und er beginnt ihn zu quälen. Nach dem Tod des Gutsherren verstößt Catherines Bruder Hindley Heathcliff vom Anwesen. Catherine heiratet dann später ihren reichen Nachbarn und Heathcliff lebt nur noch für die Rache an beiden Familien. Das Buch lässt sich durch einen flüssigen Erzählstil leicht lesen. Die Charaktere sind zwar (fast) alle grausam und schlecht und man kann sich nicht wirklich mit ihnen identifizieren, aber genau das ist es, was dieses Buch so faszierend macht. Dieses Buch legt die menschlichen Abgründe dar und zeigt wie Menschen sich, bei fehlender Liebe, Ablehnung und Schlägen entwickeln. Dabei wird dem Leser schnell klar, wie stark Liebe und Hass zusammenhängen. Absolute Leseempfelung, es darf bloß keine kitschige Lovestory erwartet werden!

After having some issues with the language (English is not my mother tongue) at the beginning, this book has become one of my absolute favourites. It strikes me that Emily Bronte wrote such a complex and horrid story being so young. I absolutely adores delving into the characters and their journeys. My moods and feelings towards them shifted and changed with every turning page. Also, the Gothic elements and the beautiful language round of this classical tale, that I definitely worth a read. I cannot wait to read more of the Bronte sisters.

i love myself some tragedy with absolutely no happiness and people seeking revenge. This one wasn't quite it for me though. I was expecting revenge as in Monte Christo and Tragedy I would enjoy (unlike R&J). Got the later not the first though. Sadly The choice of narrative was a terrible one and it only kept getting worse. I liked Heathcliff as a Character though he was dull and two dimensional a lot of the times. Sadly the others were worse. The last 100 pages were just overly boring to read for me. I couldn't have cared less for Hareton, Cathrine L. or Linton. There jsut wasn't enough of a connection (or in Catherine's case she just bored me). They just were there and they there was jump after jump to get to Heathcliffs death but ofc he needs the revenge (which was not really all that awesome either). They all just act like spoiled brats and I couldn't get entertainment out of it. Will I get a pretty hardcover copy? Absolutely. I didn't hate it and I am irresponsible with money. Will I read it again or recommend it? Probably not. I loved the Chapters with Catherine E. & Heathcliff though. And I did feel bad for some people sometimes. Just not enough to give it 4 stars.

Stars: 4.5/5 I understand why so many people don’t like this book: Hindley, Catherine and Heathcliff are monstrous. They are irrational, self-absorbed, have any negative quality you can think a person is capable of and they seek, destroy and act with no thought to consequence. And I they are the perfect central protagonists.   You get to know every protagonist when they are children and they are all arrogant, spoilt little brats, so after the first chapters you start to hate every single one of them. But however Emily Bronte managed to create an interesting and even heart breaking story: Catherine and Heathcliff are in love with each other since their childhood but due to the class distinction and Hindley they are not allowed to get married. Cathy gets married to her neighbour Edgar Linton and Heathcliff leaves the “family” but return after years to win Cathy back and to seek revenge on Hindley, Edgar Linton and their children. However at the end the death is the only way for Catherine and Heathcliff to escape out of the vicious circle of love and madness.   At some point you feel sorry for Mrs Dean (the housemaid and narrator), Catherine, her daughter Catherine, Hareton (Hindley’s son) and at the end even for Heathcliff who tried to destroy the lives of every living person around him.   I loved and hated the book due to the way the protagonists acted on the one hand and on the other hand because there was Joseph. He is a servant, who is a self-righteous Christian but lacks any trace of kindness or humanity and hates nearly everyone in the novel. He speaks a broad Yorkshire dialect and everything he says is written perfectly in his dialect which I could not understand no matter how hard I tried. Therefore I had to skip the sections of his speaking, which was really important because he is the only one who is on Heathcliff’s side.   This is a dark novel that deals with some very complicated individuals, but I think in the end we are offered the possibility of peace and happiness through Cathy (younger) and Hareton's relationship, and the suggestion that Cathy (older) and Heathcliff were reunited in the afterlife. Stars: 4.5/5

Caution! There’s rambling ahead! Usually I don't read reviews in order to find out about the plot of a certain novel. I read reviews to find out about the reading experience. This is also why I write reviews. And I really don't think the world needs another plot overview of Wuthering Heights. Instead I want to talk about how my perception of this classic changed and how I came to love what I once found utterly boring. I don't really know how I could have been so completely unaware of the plot of a classic like Wuthering Heights but apart from the famous names of Heathcliff and Catherine and the fact that it takes place on the wild English moors I knew next to nothing about it. Most of my knowledge comes from that one episode of FRIENDS where Phoebe and Rachel attend a literature class for fun and Rachel never finishes the reading material and tries to cheat her way through it. So yeah, my knowledge was very profound, as you can see. In 2009 I decided I need to read WH. It’s one of these absolute classics and everyone seems to think it’s really good. So, you know, I gave it a shot. And boy was I disappointed. I dragged myself through the first 50 pages, was bored out of my mind, and called it a day. I’ve always had second thoughts about the fact that I quit. And five years later, in March 2014, I ordered myself a copy of WH. The idea was to make myself read it again – so many people love this book; 98,000 five-star reviews can’t be wrong! (btw, apparently they can – Fifty Shades has 226,000!!) At least in the case of WH they aren’t! Yes, the first 50 pages are a bit tough to get through because you have no idea what’s going on and all these names are thrown at you and the narrator seems to have nothing to do with the actual story. But once you get past that! The tragedy! The stupidity of the characters! The evilness! I loved it all. Above all, I loved to hate almost every single character. I am not quite sure why this novel is so often treated as a tragic and passionate love story and everyone seems to be pining away about Heathcliff. I hated him with all my heart. Same goes for Catherine. And that brat Linton! But every single one of them got what they deserved in the end. I’ve heard a lot of people state that they can only like a book if at least one character is likeable. WH is not for them. I guess, one can argue that Nelly might be likeable, but I don’t buy it. I loved it because everyone acted terribly selfish and ruthless; and there was absolutely no one to like. What I am trying to say here is that I went from giving this book one star to giving it five. There is always a right time or mood for a book. And maybe I needed to be in a certain mind set in order to appreciate the beauty that is Wuthering Heights; which makes me think there might be other books out there that I need to reconsider. I guess this review is not as informative as most people would want it to be but I needed to get this off my chest. Thank you for your kind attention!