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本书是19世纪英国文学的代表作之一。小说描写吉卜赛弃儿希斯克利夫被山庄老主人收养后，因受辱和恋爱不遂，外出谋生，后回来对与其女友凯瑟琳结婚的地主林顿及其子女进行报复的故事。全书充满强烈的反叛精神，又始终弥漫着离奇、紧张的超现实气氛，带有部分哥特文学的奇幻恐怖色彩，惊悚恐怖又不乏感人至深。
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Wuthering Heights is a very unique work. People who like it may like it very much, and people who hate it may hate it. Although it describes love themes often written by women, it does not become clichéd, nor is it obsessed with creating unrealistic romance. Instead, it is filled with darkness, madness, and hysteria. Compared to Charlotte Brontë's "tyrannical boss" complex, I prefer Emily's beast-like primitive love. By the way, Emily's poems are very good and are the best among the three sisters.
I was very young when I read this book, about eleven or twelve years old. To be honest, I didn't understand the meaning. I just felt that I had read a magical story. I can only think of two words to describe the story that happened in it: magical. But later on, I wanted to read it again more and more. I still didn't understand the kind of crazy love that involved decades of paranoia, the stubbornness of several generations, and tortured myself into a lunatic. But I gained a new understanding after reading it. All in all, this book is worth reading, digging into, and savoring over and over again.
