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Monday, December 22, 2008

Books Reading Tonight

Posted by on Mon, Dec 22, 2008 at 9:49 AM

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There are no readings tonight. If there were readings tonight, they would probably have been canceled. Instead, you should stay in and read Wuthering Heights (available here on a variety of formats, including Kindle and plain-old PDF).

If you prefer books written this century, Alice Hoffman's Here on Earth is a modern-day version of Wuthering Heights, but because it was written in 1997, it's not online in any free legal format. This is another reason to read the classics.

The full readings calendar, including the next week or so, is here.

 

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1
why Wuthering Heights? there is no Bronte but Charlotte.
Posted by ironymaiden on December 22, 2008 at 10:02 AM
2
Best book ever.
Posted by mint chocolate chip on December 22, 2008 at 10:13 AM
3
Disagreed! All of those characters are really irritating people who couldn't organize a fart after a bean dinner.
Posted by Ariel on December 22, 2008 at 10:26 AM
4
Wuthering Heights is the worst "classic" ever written.
Posted by The CHZA on December 22, 2008 at 11:06 AM
5
eeek! "No Bronte but Charlotte?"

I love me some Jane Eyre, but Wuthering Heights is much darker and more brutal --making it the better book, obviously.

Side note, I'll never forget in 6th grade having a teacher look over my shoulder to discover that I was reading Jane Eyre. When I asked if she'd read the book herself, she replied "No, I never read the Jane Eyre books" as if they were an alternative to Nancy Drew or something. Then I called her an idiot.
Posted by caker on December 22, 2008 at 11:10 AM
6
@3 is correct: Wuthering Heights is filled with assholes who shit all over others and then can't understand why the world shits on them. Fuck those guys.

Jane Eyre is the way to go.
Posted by Jessica on December 22, 2008 at 11:37 AM
7
Wuthering Heights doesn't have the Christian moralizing that Jane Eyre does. Besides, WH has one of the best third person narrations in literature.
Posted by keshmeshi on December 22, 2008 at 11:38 AM

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