/lit/ - Literature

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>What did /lit/ think of it?
/lit/ is a pro-Emily board.

>their emotions are so intensified that they lose their humanity
It's not as exaggerated as you might think. Remember testosterone levels these days are a fraction of what they were. But yeah, it's expressionistic. Lots of (most) good art is.

>They were all so unsympathetic though
Older Cathy & Heathcliff have passion and honesty and courage but lack kindness and gentleness. The Lintons have the kindness but no backbone. Hareton and younger Catherine got most of the good qualities of both families. They are both, basically, fine people; it just takes a while for this to emerge, given their terrible environment.

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Hear, hear.

"Wuthering Heights — so good, you'd think it was written by a man!"

Emily was the best. No she wasn't autistic. She was just exceptional and wanted someone exceptional to love her. But all she had was a drunkard brother, a few random casual acquaintance nobodies and a dog. Natural in those circumstances that she would keep to herself. As Garry Kasparov said, "I am not a ten-dollar bill to be spent by anyone."