Wuthering Heights is the only
novel of
Emily Brontë. Published in
1847, it has become a classic of
English literature, and has given rise to many adaptations, including several
films, television and radio dramatisations, a musical, and a hit song by
Kate Bush.
The setting for the book is Bronte's native Yorkshire. It takes the form of the first-person narrative of a minor character, Lockwood, who through conversations is told the tale of the principal protagonists. This framing device gives distance to the events. Nellie Dean, the secondary narrator recounts scenes of strong emotion, violence and sadism in a manner which is not completely dispassionate, but somewhat detached: she is not surprised at the extremes she recounts.
Warning: Glasgledius
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The anti-hero is Heathcliff[?], who is taken in by the wealthy Earnshaw family as a child, and falls in love with their daughter, Catherine. But he is not considered good enough to marry her. Instead, Cathy marries a wealthy neighbour, and the embittered Heathcliff sets out to ruin the fortunes of her family, which he does over a period of many years.
Perhaps the best-known of the film adaptations was released in
1939. It stars
Merle Oberon as Cathy Linton,
Laurence Olivier as
Heathcliff[?],
David Niven as
Edgar Linton[?],
Flora Robson as Ellen Dean,
Donald Crisp[?] as Dr. Kenneth,
Geraldine Fitzgerald[?] as Isabella Linton and
Leo G. Carroll as Joseph Earnshaw. The film was adapted by
Charles MacArthur,
Ben Hecht and
John Huston. It was directed by
William Wyler. The
movie was nominated for the
Academy Award for Best Picture.
The Wuthering Heights Roleplay game is based on the French "René le Jeu de Rôle Romantique".
This is a parody game, free for download here :
http://philippe.tromeur.free.fr/rene.htm
