Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte is the Fifteenth Greatest Book of All Time, at least if you consult the GOAT site, it is one of The 1,000 Novels Everyone Must Read, and yet, not one of my favorites – you find thousands of reviews on magnum opera from the aforementioned and other web pages on my blog https://realinibarzoi.blogspot.com/2025/09/do-you-have-any-feedback.html and YouTube channel, where my macaws are the stars

 

Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte is the Fifteenth Greatest Book of All Time, at least if you consult the GOAT site, it is one of The 1,000 Novels Everyone Must Read, and yet, not one of my favorites – you find thousands of reviews on magnum opera from the aforementioned and other web pages on my blog https://realinibarzoi.blogspot.com/2025/09/do-you-have-any-feedback.html and YouTube channel, where my macaws are the stars

 


8 out of 10

 

This is the third review of Wuthering Heights https://realinibarzoi.blogspot.com/2026/03/wuthering-heights-by-emily-bronte-is.html the most recent was posted only about one month ago, because Emerald Fennell has adapted this classic and in fact, it had the ‘premiere’ on HBO last night, at least in this realm

 

On Saturday (May 9, 2026) we had another version aired on TVR Cultural, at least I think it was there, and though not the best – the one with Laurence Olivier is the nec plus ultra – this was much better than what Ms. Fennell offered us – actually, Margot Robbie was not outstanding either, and Jacob Elordi has not impressed me

Nonetheless, there is another motion picture on which Emerald Fennell and Jacob Elordi worked together, and the result is much more radiant -  https://realinibarzoi.blogspot.com/2025/03/saltburn-screenplay-by-emerald-fennell.html Saltburn, with the spectacular Barry Keoghan in the leading role, this thespian will win at least one Oscar

 

In the latest adaptation that I have seen, Ralph Fiennes is Heathcliff and Juliette Binoche has the role of Cathy – the result is much better than the 2026 release, but somehow, this is not the best motion picture wherein you can see them, indeed, the two mesmerizing actors have been together in a better-known production – The English Patient  

Though mocked by some, I think I remember Seinfeld and Elaine being cynical about it – was it something along the lines of ‘die already’ shouted at the poor, dying English Patient? - https://realinibarzoi.blogspot.com/2025/08/the-english-patient-by-michael-ostaandje.html the film was acclaimed

 

Heathcliff is an orphan that is both adopted and rejected by Cathy’s family, and we have a peculiar love affair, destructive and suffocating to a degree, while on the other hand it makes me think of Thomas Mann and his definitions, he had this character that was appalled at the ease with which people speak of ‘love’

‘We only find love, true friendship (and presumably other emotions) in art, literature, when hoi polloi speak of love, they mean infatuation https://realinibarzoi.blogspot.com/2025/07/death-in-venice-by-thomas-mann.html that is not the true feeling, when tested, the lovers do not show fidelity, it is not ‘till death do us part’

 

Well, Heathcliff means it, this is what the Thomas Mann means, an immolating emotion, he will call Cathy to…haunt him, this also makes me think of To The Hermitage https://realinibarzoi.blogspot.com/2025/01/to-hermitage-by-malcolm-bradbury-author.html and here is a quote from there

‘Fiction is infinitely preferable to real life...As long as you avoid the books of Kafka or Beckett, the everlasting plot of fiction has fewer futile experiences than the careless plot of reality...Fiction's people are fuller, deeper, cleverer, more moving than those in real life…Its actions are more intricate, illuminating, noble, profound

 

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