Wuthering Heights

De: Emily Brontë

Narrado por: Patricia Routledge

The passionate and tragic story of Catherine Earnshaw and Heathcliff is one of the high points of 19th-century Romantic literature. In the relationship of Cathy and Heathcliff, and in the wild, bleak Yorkshire Moors of its setting, Wuthering Heights creates a world of its own, conceived with a disregard for convention and an instinct for poetry and the darkest depths of the human soul in torment.

Public Domain (P)2014 Audible, Inc.

Brilliant Writing, Depressing Reading

I'm almost glad I read it, but wouldn't recommend it to anyone. Watch the movie and try to forget how horrid the characters actually were in the book. : )

superb narration

loved Patricia Routledge's interpretation of a classic. Well worth listening to a book I have read several times. It is a classic for good reason.

Excellent voice actor!!

The narrator made all the difference in this most passionate of love stories. I've never felt the story so well in my own reading but I will having heard this.

Not the right narrator for big chunks of the book

Would you consider the audio edition of Wuthering Heights to be better than the print version?

Audio is not better, I still read most books in print, but there is something about listening to classics. It is nice to savor the sound, to not rush, to have the book surround you as you do tasks.

What other book might you compare Wuthering Heights to and why?

Well, Jane Eyre, but also the Gaskell books, or all of George Eliot. Nothing is as tumultuous as Wuthering Heights.

What aspect of Patricia Routledge’s performance would you have changed?

I love Patricia Rutledge, and for the most part she does a fine job here, but there are a few characters that were so wrong that I wasn't sure I could finish listening to the book. I wish I had gotten one of the other versions because I like "rereading" the classics. I did like her version of Nellie though.

Was there a moment in the book that particularly moved you?

It would be the tormented boy, Linton, except this version makes him a nasal whiney mess, so it is hard to feel much sympathy.

Any additional comments?

This has earned its reputation and is well worth a listen. But maybe not this narrator.

A masterpiece narration!

Patricia Routledge could make a compelling read out of the back of a cereal box! To be honest, I'm not a huge Bronte fan (those girls were all a bit warped!), but I am an over-the-top Hyacinth groupie! When I was perusing titles and saw this narration, I HAD to have it in my collection; I have been amply rewarded! Ms Routledge makes every moment of this dark, odd novel worth the time! Highly recommend!

Still a captive Classic

I couldn’t even remember what happened in this story it had been that long! I enjoyed listening to the pain and agony of Catherine & Heathcliff’s journey and all that are a part of it along the way. Narration was really good for the time period.

unexpectedly delightful

I've not yet read anything in this genre and it was free so I thought what the heck! I'll give it a whirl. The characters and storyline captured me a took me into a long ago time when teens acted just as they do today.

A bit of a torment

I think I hated Heathcliff for most of the story and somehow pitied him for the rest. It was hard for me to emerge out of this read each time I listened to a portion. I would come out quite broodish. Nevertheless it paints a vivid and somehow beautiful picture of a tortured life, from beginning to end. It is clear why it is a classic.

Reading the classics

There were a lot of dark people in the book. Too much like life and not really seeming so fictional

Patricia Routledge Does Wuthering Heights Justice!

What does Patricia Routledge bring to the story that you wouldn’t experience if you just read the book?

No-one absolutely no-one does character voices like Patricia Routledge, her vocal range is like no other i have listened to. She brings the story to life, her voice is so animated and dramatic....she does not read....she performs. If you have hated every attempt hollywood has made to reproduce this great classic on the big screen.....Patricia Routledge's performance is as good as it gets.