Wuthering Heights -

Emily Brontë

Sterling

1969

328 páginas

10h 56m

ISBN-13: 9781435151567

When Mr. Lockwood, the new tenant at Thrushcross Grange, visits his landlord at Wuthering Heights, he is astounded by the unorthodox character of the man and his household. Back at the Grange, he asks his servant, Nelly, about the family. She tells him a strange, multigenerational tale of love, class, jealousy, and revenge. Thirty years earlier, Mr. Earnshaw, master of Wuthering Heights, returned from a trip to Liverpool with an unkempt orphan in tow, announcing to his wife and children that the child was now a member of the family. While young Catherine Earnshaw became close with this boy, Heathcliff, her older brother Hindley sank into bitter resentment of the urchin who had usurped his father’s and his sister’s affections—a feeling that only deepened when his father sent him away to college. As Catherine and Heathcliff grew into young adults, and their affection blossomed into desire, Hindley’s resentment boiled over into hatred, setting the stage for a tragic and twisted drama whose aftermath would shake the foundations of both Wuthering Heights and Thrushcross Grange. Introduced to a serpentine plot; emotionally tortured, larger-than-life characters; and a richly gothic atmosphere, many critics viewed Wuthering Heights as a brilliant folly when it was first published. Readers have spent the last century and a half making it one of the most popular novels in history.

Resenhas (1)

3 (Bom)

Não é uma história de romance

Começo a resenha alertando que esse livro não é um livro de romance, ele pode ter vários gatilhos (com muita violência), por isso POR FAVOR não romantizem o Heathcliff nem o relacionamento dele com a Cathy. Ademais, acho que o que mais me prendeu inicialmente no livro foi ele ser basicamente uma “fofoca” da Nelly pro Lockwood, mais perto do meio pro fim a grande razão de eu continuar foi ódio pelos personagens (basicamente todos menos o Hereton), e tbm continuei a leitura pq era um leitura conjunta. Por fim, ressalto que a escrita da Emily Brontë é muito boa e muito louvável mas no final ela basicamente escreveu um drama familiar com muita violência, religião e pessoas com o mesmo nome. (P.S.: o final foi bem meh)