I Hate Wuthering Heights, and I Will Go to My Grave Hating Wuthering Heights. I Will Always Hate It
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DrWatson · 70-79, M
I never read the book. I did see the movie, and it seemed to be a story about two people who wasted their entire lives trying to get revenge on each other. And yet, at the end, we are supposed to see it all as a love story.
If I ever learn that the book is better than that, I might read it some day.
If I ever learn that the book is better than that, I might read it some day.
SunshineGirl · 36-40, F
@DrWatson It's a fairly short read, so find out for yourself. I honestly don't see how people read it as a love story, or sex it up for the latest movie adaptation. For me it is about how a man is moved by his childhood experiences of extreme prejudice and psychological cruelty to plumb the depths of human depravity and destroy everything he loves and ultimately himself.
DrWatson · 70-79, M
@SunshineGirl Now THAT makes sense.
I saw the old movie with Laurence Olivier, and that movie does depict it as a love story, with the two principals reunited as ghosts at the end. But the movie begins by depicting the sorts of things you describe, and if the book follows the path you described, it would have a very different tone to it. I think you just convinced me to read it someday!
I saw the old movie with Laurence Olivier, and that movie does depict it as a love story, with the two principals reunited as ghosts at the end. But the movie begins by depicting the sorts of things you describe, and if the book follows the path you described, it would have a very different tone to it. I think you just convinced me to read it someday!
