Tag Archives: Wuthering Heights

“Some syllables are swords.” — Metaphysical poet Henry Vaughan

Posted on April 17, 2025 by sheila

”I’ve always been much influenced by the 17th-century metaphysical poets like Donne, and especially Henry Vaughan.” — Philip K. Dick It’s Henry Vaughan’s birthday today. I was just thinking the other day about how I encountered certain famous writers in … Continue reading →

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Happy Birthday, Emily Brontë: “a solitude-loving raven, no gentle dove”

Posted on July 30, 2024 by sheila

“My sister Emily loved the moors. Flowers brighter than the rose bloomed in the blackest of the heath for her; — out of a sullen hollow in a livid hill-side, her mind could make an Eden. She found in the … Continue reading →

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Review: Emily (2023)

Posted on February 17, 2023 by sheila

I’ve really been looking forward to this. The “Emily” of the title is Emily Bronte. I reviewed for Ebert.     Thank you so much for stopping by. If you like what I do, and if you feel inclined to … Continue reading →

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The Books: The Brontës, by Juliet Barker

Posted on August 24, 2011 by sheila

Daily Book Excerpt: Biography Next biography on this shelf is The Brontës, by Juliet Barker The story of the tragic Brontë family is familiar to everyone: we all know about the half-mad, repressive father, the drunken, drug-addicted wastrel of a … Continue reading →

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The Books: “Wuthering Heights” (Emily Bronte)

Posted on May 11, 2007 by sheila

Daily Book Excerpt: Adult fiction: Wuthering Heights – by Emily Bronte. I re-read this book recently and was struck, as if for the first time, by the violence of it. It’s truly remarkable. Cathy and Heathcliff are not your ordinary … Continue reading →

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1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die

Posted on October 17, 2006 by sheila

Jessa Crispin has an interesting interview with Peter Boxall, editor of 1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die. I loved what Boxall said at the end: “Having benefited from an extraordinary number of emails and letters as well as … Continue reading →

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“No One Seems Really Sane”

Posted on May 20, 2004 by sheila

“By times, I read ‘Wuthering Heights’, which was a very poor choice for such a day and such an illness. There is not one agreeable character in the book — no one who seems really sane. Yet it has a … Continue reading →

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A Proud Sensitive Woman’s Heart

Posted on May 20, 2004 by sheila

“I do not think Charlotte was in the least like the domineering little shrew he pictures her, anymore perhaps than she was like the rather too saintly heroine of Mrs. Gaskell’s biography. I do not put any faith in Beson’s … Continue reading →

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100 Greatest Novels of All Time

Posted on November 11, 2003 by sheila

… as chosen by The Observer. I have read 37 of them. But, of course, being obnoxious, I have a couple of comments about some of the books: The Executioner’s Song? What? To have THAT book be on there and … Continue reading →

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