Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte
#18 in my book challenge for the year is Wuthering Heights. I wanted to read this as a contrast to Pride and Prejudice. Austen’s work is bright, sparkly, and romantic. Wuthering Heights is dark, twisted, and hardly romantic–it’s more horrific, in my opinion. There are so many fascinating things about it: the character of Heathcliff, who is cruel and yet difficult to despise; the multi-layered narrative; the Shakespearean mix of tragedy capped by a tidy wedding. Many of its influences are clear, as are its progeny. Yet it stands as a singular work, the only novel by its author, and a novel unlike any other.