Tuesday, October 24, 2006

Wuthering Heights

I have very bizarre memories of Wuthering Heights ... I read the first half when I was younger, focusing on the older Catherine. In fact, I probably got up to around the point when she had her daughter and dies. Years later, at university, studying Gothic Novels, I decided to start at the point where I left off. So, in my mind I only had the younger Catherine! It led to a very strange way of looking at the novel. So eventually, I had to read the whole book from start to finish. I'm glad I did!

I went to the theatre with my Mum round about the time I began reading Wuthering Heights to watch a production of it. I can still picture the window, the tree, the ghostly figure ... it was very well done.

And I can't leave this post without mentioning the fact that "Wuthering Heights" by Kate Bush is presently at no 16 (out of about 2500) on my husband's "most played" list! (163 plays so far since he downloaded it ...)

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