Wuthering Heights

By: Emily Brontë

Narrated by: Juliet Stevenson

The wild and passionate tale of Cathy and Heathcliff's impossible love for each other and its phenomenal setting on the blasted Yorkshire moors has to be one of the best-known love affairs in literature.

When it was first published in 1847, Wuthering Heights was greeted with a fair degree of outrage, not only for the open description of desire and disaster but for the almost unheard of method of telling the story using unreliable witnesses whose tales and points of view open out from each other, leaving the audience to piece together the truth of the story.

Only such novels as Mary Shelley's Frankenstein had previously attempted to challenge the reader in this way, and it is only in the last century that the true genius of Emily Brontë's work has begun to be appreciated.

Prepare to be as swept up and buffeted by the extraordinary power of Brontë's storytelling as Cathy and Heathcliff are by the winds of Wuthering Heights.

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Narration brings story alive

Thank you, Juliet, for giving us this timeless tale with your beautiful voice striking all the right notes to capture our hearts with this seamless reading. I loved every minute-

Great Narration

Stevenson emulated each character with perfect poise. From all of Heathcliff's complexities to the adolescent Isabella, the novel was retold beautifully.

Fantastic narration, surprising story

There are a dozen or more audio versions of Wuthering Heights out there. It might be hard to choose from the 5-minute samples you can listen to. Look no further; this is the one to get. Juliet Stevenson can make you believe she's anyone. She's the Meryl Streep of audio. She's faithful to the thick Yorkshire accents, but manages to make them comprehensible. Even if you don't understand every word, she makes it easy to understand what they are saying.
As for the novel, don't chose it based on the syrupy movie versions that try to convince you Wuthering Heights is a love story and that Heathcliff is some kind of hero. He's awful to his family, to Catherine's family and to his beloved Catherine herself. But that's sort of the point. Be forewarned; this novel isn't a romance, but an anti-romance. It'll cure you of any and all romantic notions you might have suffered from after reading sister Charlotte's book. But again, that's the point. The characters, with all their exaggerated frailties will stay with you a lot longer than your average romance novel.

Wow - Spectacular

This was a Spectacular performance by Juliet Stevenson. Well done!! And I was truly grateful for her afterthoughts. Found myself nodding. Thank you.

Magnificent reader, harrowing book

I came to this novel expecting something more romantic and not nearly so dark. In fact, the book is much more interesting than the maudlin romance I'd set myself to plow through. The reader is amazing and really brings the book to life.