Tuesday, 25 September 2012
The Classics Challenge; Wuthering Heights
Its a little funny that this will be my first post on one of the classics! I will admit to everyone now that I am not someone who reads all the classics. I know, its awful really, especially as I love reading and books. I am more or a modern classics girl myself; Birdsong, Flambards, all the really new must reads too like Twilight, and The Hunger Games. The truth is that I love and read all genres, but I am sadly lacking in the classics!
So, a little while ago, I decided I would slowly work through the classics.
My first choice was Wuthering Heights.
Emily Bronte did a pretty good job! Wuthering Heights has a reputation for being a melancholy, dark, twisted romance between two people with serious faults in their personalities.
At first, I will admit, I was confused and a little bored, probably because I didn't get what was going on. Then suddenly it all became clear, and I couldn't put the book down!
Heathcliff and Cathy's love is very confusing. They scream and hate each other, but you can tell they are trying so hard to hate and not love, because of pride and bad feeling, that it ends up being impossible to ignore.
Wuthering Heights is hard to post about because it is so complex, and nothing really makes sense taken out of the books context. When you start to read it, you might find it a struggle. But it will a suddenly click into place, and then you will be hooked until you finish it. Its not too long, promise!
Join in with my mission to read the classics, and feel free to comment on what classic you've read. I will get through them all! Start with Wuthering Heights, though.
Its amazing.
(Classics I have read to date; the Sherlock Holmes Books, Wuthering Heights, Anne of Green Gables, Railway Children,Little Women, Pride and Predjudice, Importance of Being Earnest, Jane Eyre, maybe a few more. Join me on my Classics Challenge and tell me and other readers your opinions in comments! Thankyou! From RedHead)
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I recommend the jungle book (the classic, not the disney film!)and also pride and predjudice. P and P is the best love story ever, no arguments!
ReplyDeleteLove this book! I cried at the end though!!!
ReplyDeleteOh, yes, the ending is quite a melancholy one, but I found myself puzzling over it! Any classics to add to my evergrowing list? And to the P and P comment, I wouldn't say its THE best, but it is one of the best! Its lovely :) From RedHead
ReplyDeleteAre there any easy to read classics- ie written with language I can understand? Thanks
ReplyDeleteAs someone else has suggested, Pride and Prejudice is a great choice for a first classics read! You could also try something like the Secret Garden, the Railway Children or Anne of Green Gables. I read them when I was in Primary School, and I don't think they were too difficult. From RedHead :-)
DeleteThank you I have now read Anne of Green Gables and I thought it was very good
DeleteTry Pride and Predjudice? Xxx I think its great to do a classics challenge, I have now read The Jungle Book! I mean the proper one... :-) it was great!
ReplyDeleteI love P & P! Elizabeth Bennet and Mr Darcy are amazing together- I still cry at the end 'cos its so sweet :) who else thinks Mr Collins is creepily obsessed with Lady Catherine de Bourgh?
ReplyDeleteClassics challenge update guys! I am working my way through all the Sherlock Holmes stories (I love them, and I recommend Hound of the Baskervilles and Adventure of the Empty House!) And in the new year I am planning to work through Emma and Sense and Sensibility! Keep commenting with your own Classics Challenge progress! From RedHead :)
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