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Wuthering Heights
- Narrated by: Michael Kitchen
- Length: 11 hrs and 38 mins
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Publisher's Summary
Michael Kitchen gives us a masterclass in narration with this intelligent and believable performance of Emily Brontë's classic work. Listeners will be swept up in Heathcliff and Cathy's turbulent love affair, not to be released until long after the final word.
The only novel written by Emily Bronte, Wuthering Heights was originally published under the pseudonym Ellis Bell, and at first was thought to be the work of Emily's sister, Charlotte, the author of the classic Jane Eyre.
Wuthering Heights tells the tale of Heathcliff, a young orphaned gypsy boy, who is brought to the windswept moors of Yorkshire by Mr Earnshaw, the master of Wuthering Heights. Heathcliff's childhood there is riddled with bullying and humiliation, but the master's daughter, the precocious and untameable Cathy, becomes his ally, and a childhood fondness for one another grows to a great passion.
Following a misunderstanding, Heathcliff believes that Cathy has rejected him, and he leaves Wuthering Heights, only to return after three years have passed. When he returns, now mysteriously rich, he learns of Cathy's marriage to another and vows to focus his passionate nature on merciless revenge. Heathcliff's retribution proves so destructive that left in its wake are not only his enemies, but the very object of his obsession and, ultimately, himself.
Critic Reviews
"Search no further. A masterful vocal talent has found a masterpiece of world literature to perform....Kitchen's intoxicatingly rich voice is the perfect medium for Bronte's romantic lyricism." (AudioFile)
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- Belinda
- 14-02-2016
Narration excellent!
The book itself was required reading for uni, reading was made tolerable by the narration.
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- Shannon
- 11-08-2023
Super entertaining and well read
Kate Bush finally convinced me to give this a go and it is so much fun! It's like a Real Wives Of xxx show with the drama and the crappy people and the secrets, and I really enjoyed people getting their just deserts, and the well earned happy ending. Also surprisingly funny at parts. I'm used to reading vintage mid 1800s stories and this is written with much more modern language and style than I was expecting, so good if you're not used to older style writing. The narrator does a wonderful job and his Heathcliff is delightfully menacing. His narration is so easy to listen to I clocked 4 hours on the first day of listening without even realising it. Absolutely give this a go if you're unsure, and the story will get you hooked so you'll want to know the ending. And now I can join in the Wuthering Heights dance club in full awareness of the story!!!!
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- Anonymous User
- 19-01-2024
wuthering Heights
Bronte's extraordinary love and ghost story full of poetry in the prose and power and passion and human suffering caused by class hatred and revenge is inimitable.. Very well read
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