The creator of Wuthering Heights, and some truly fabulous poetry, was born on 30 July 1818. She was the weird sister, and for that I love her even more.
Emily Brontë by Branwell Brontë
A QUOTE: “If he loved with all the powers of his puny being, he couldn’t love as much in eighty years as I could in a day.”-Emily Brontë, Wuthering Heights
SOME WORKS: Poems by Currer, Ellis, and Acton Bell; Wuthering Heights
A KEEPSAKE:
Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë at Cynthia’s Attic. $24.00
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HAAAAAAPPPY BIRRRRTHDAY TO YOOOOOU:) And thank you very much.
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I am sure ghost Emily appreciates your greetings.
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Flappy coats in that one too…sooo nice.
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Happy Birthday, Emily. Love ‘flappy coats’!
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Nice put down Emily!
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I agree, momma!
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I love Wuthering Heights which was required reading for my senior year of high school English class. Only my best friend and I read it with everyone else giving up. How is that possible?? I’m still convinced this sin left a huge hole in each one of their souls.
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Wait, you had (in any way, shape, or form) the option of not completing requited reading? I understand that it would probably result in an F, but that concept is just beyond me. Of course, I am a book nut and I was lucky enough to always be in advanced English classes; all of us wanted to be there. The very thought of not finishing a book, especially this one! Although, come to think of it I do have a story involving my ex-husband, his 13-year-old son, and their reluctance to read Wuthering Heights. Never mind. 😦
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No, it wasn’t an option and my memory is blurry on what happened but they probably all took poor grades for the essay assignment. I do recall the class discussion being less the class and more the teacher. I wish I had time to re-read it. I wonder how my “adult-self” would think about it in comparison to my “17-year-old-self.”
But with that said, for a different class, I remember for some reason Bonfire of the Vanities was required. I read hundreds of those pages and couldn’t finish it. I think I just winged the assignment and got a mediocre grade.
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I am a big believer in re-reading books. I’ve read WH at least 4 or 5 times, and my reaction was different each time (although always positive).
I hated The Canterbury Tales, which we read in AP English my junior year (an opinion that I have since discounted, by the way). We had to write an essay about our favourite tale. Since I did not have one, I said “screw this” and wrote a passionate screed about why I hated it. It worked: I received an A+.
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I think teachers would prefer you write about why you hated it than nothing at all. In grad school, most people didn’t speak when they didn’t like a book; I came in with a checklist of reasons. Instructors like an opinion over nothing!
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Yes, they do! And I am nothing if not full of opinions on literature. 🙂
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