Wuthering Heights - Emily Brontë - So You Haven't Read

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So you haven't read what is considered one of the greatest works in the English language, Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë? This gothic novel was labeled "scandalous" and "depraved" because of its defiant beliefs in gender equality, class structure, cruelty, and love between step-siblings in the victorian era. As this story follows the calculated revenge of an adopted child named Heathcliff, against his step-siblings Catherine and Hindley. In a story that will haunt him till the end of his days.
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[@troybierman6303]

Hello

[@GamesbiteRtDL]

I'm broke mate

[@galexian_]

i can't believe how much of a meme Walpole has become, so much that it has become an emote. Luv your videos, by the way!

[@extrahistory]

@@GamesbiteRtDL We apprecate your support by just watching the show!

[@r.babylon2885]

I see those Simpsons references.... And I love it.

[@GiovanniDrunkard]

CLEARING ALL CATHY.

[@wedoaconsiderablwamountofm4726]

clear all who?

[@commanderminh7402]

Project Moon fan had been *SUMMONED*

[@deadlyplum2652]

Clear all caches

[@commanderminh7402]

Limbus Company is cooking with new Heathcliff story.

[@Cyssane]

Wuthering Heights can also be described as the long-term effects of abuse among family members and/or members of the same household. Hindley abused Heathcliff when he was younger, and then Heathcliff carried that abuse forward into several generations. He not only gets his revenge on Hindley, but he also abuses his wife, his rival's son, his own son, and arguably even his servants.

[@Albinojackrussel]

And Hindleys father neglected him before that. The cycle only stops when the younger generations make a conscious choice to stop lashing out and behave in ways other than the ones they were taught by their abusive ward. This was exactly my reading of it. I really cannot see how anyone thinks it's a love story when the people involved in the "love" are only alive and adults for a tiny portion of the book.

[@PeterPan54167]

“Apparently, the Concord library has condemned Huck as ‘trash and only suitable for the slums.’ This will sell us another twenty-five thousand copies for sure!” - Mark Twain

[@mollywantshugs5944]

So basically, the reason that *Wuthering Heights* was controversial was mainly that it criticized Victorian society and the general public wasn’t quite ready to acknowledge how awful society was. That’s interesting. The book itself sounds interesting too, so I should read it at some point

[@SammieMousie]

I'd recommend it. Though I honestly still don't know how I feel about it. I want to say I rated it 3.5/5 stars but it doesn't seem like a fair rating. I hated ALL the characters, but I also felt so bad for them as well. I honestly think Bronte was an amazing writer, and the book is beautifully written. I think it's a mark of a great writer to make you hate and love a character and Bronte does it with pretty much every character in the novel.

[@Sordatos]

Also Heatcliff unburied Catherine corpse to lay besides her.

[@jacobdobbins5443]

Me and the bois reading withering heights instead of wuthering heights

[@extrahistory]

We can't get that out of our heads either! Had to double check spelling on it so many times.

[@jacobdobbins5443]

@@extrahistory I'm sure the script look wonderful with reminders about wuthering vs withering (doesnt help that I and U are next to eachother in qwerty)

[@WannabeDancer72]

Growing up, I always thought it was Weathering Heights

[@Spinnermist]

blithering heights

[@GabrieleJoy-111]

“Wuthering” is the Yorkshire word for the sound the wind makes, like the ocean, as it gusts across the moors. This was explained in the annotated edition of the book and I appreciated it so thought I’d share!

[@ethankennan212]

I just love the “Take that, dead [person’s name]!” Moments. They’re darkly hilarious.😂

[@extrahistory]

We couldn't help ourselves!

[@joshliang9826]

this really helps me with understanding limbus company more

[@hancocki]

I suppose in the scene where Catherine was "way above you" she had been running up that hill.

[@scottanos9981]

Keep running up that road.

[@prettypic444]

I find that female horror stories are so much more scary than traditional ones, since they usually carry the asterisk of "this totally happened/is happening right now." no story in high school scared me more than "The Yellow Wallpaper" (which would make a GREAT Halloween episode FYI...)

[@Googledeservestodie]

Heathcliff: I will take my revenge in my elaborate multigenerational plot Count of Monte Cristo: *I have a more... Direct idea*

[@extrahistory]

[@RenoKyrie]

I COULD BE THE REASON WHY

[@outtagoodnamesdangit]

_"Heathcliff, Heathcliff, no one should_ _terrify their rival's brood._ _But Heathcliff just won't be undone_ _holding grudge on everyone."_ -Emily Brontë

[@OhSkyeLanta]

Wuthering Heights is such a clusterfuck, I appreciate you guys breaking it down like this ❤

[@extrahistory]

Thank you!

[@makinapacal]

Frankly I never understood why anyone would think of Wuthering Heights has a love story it is a novel of revenge. It is remarkable about just how fixated Heathcliff is on revenge so that only very near the end of the novel does Heathcliff let go of his revenge and even so he never repents or regrets his actions. It is a very disturbing novel and most certainly not a gothic romance.

[@paulchapman8023]

Is it a better love story than Twilight?

[@yamataichul]

Maybe I'm ineligible for talking about the plot but when I've read the book as a teenager I distinctly remember Catherine loved Heathcliff unconditionally like a friend, their relationship was profound yet all one-sided, for both of them.

[@extrahistory]

@@paulchapman8023

[@Sordatos]

He does kinda regrets but is never stated nor he would admit it IMO. Also Nelly is not s neutral narrator

[@user-qj9en1kp1m]

@@yamataichul Catherine was in love with Heathcliff. She tells Nelly that Heathcliff is her soul mate and if Hindley wouldn't have brought Heathcliff so low, she would never marry Linton. But as things are she would degrade herself by marrying Heathcliff so he will never find out how much she loves him. As she puts it: her love for Linton is a passing thing, time will change it as autumn changes the leaves on the trees. Her love for Heathcliff is like the rocks beneath: the source of very little delight, but irreplaceable.

[@anigodess]

I would love to see a video about Jane eyre, by Charlotte Brontë. Their books and their story in general sounds so interesting.

[@zivennesheim5183]

This was the book that broke my high school anime binge in the late 90s. What an incredible story.

[@koalasandwich567]

I know this book might be a bit hard to summarize in 10 minutes but I would love to see an episode on Les Miserables

[@extrahistory]

[@RKevinDoyle]

Summary: Jean Valjean steals some bread and, as a result, eventually makes peace with his adopted daughter's husband. Did I miss anything important? :)

[@user-ji7kn3ul3v]

@@extrahistoryPLZ DO THE GIVER

[@kohhna]

Kate bush has done tons of other stuff than those two songs. "Eyre" as in Jane is pronounced like "Air" btw.

[@MorgannaElevrate]

One of the reasons Hindley hated Heathcliff so much was that Heathcliff was an adopted street urchin his father brought home instead of presents from his trip to London. Petty, but from there and his bond with Catherine, it sets things up nicely to foster that division between the family, like a cuckoo egg in a nest.

[@grafvonscyth2928]

I must have read some kind of bootleg version when I read this book because in the version that I read, Heathcliff wasn't just a street urchin, he was a gypsy. Book didn't specify Roma or Sinti and tbh I don't really care but in the environment of rural victorian England that would have made it so much worse.

[@lillylee122619]

So because y'all kept bringing up the Kate Bush song, I had to look it up on Pandora, and WOW! How has I never heard this song before. It's actually a really fun song. I ended up listening to it like 3 times in a row and now it's on my "Road Trip" playlist. Thanks for mentioning the song.

[@okgoogleplay3500]

Felt the same way first time to me too.

[@hunterdunning1776]

I thought it was like nails on a chalkboard. The song is godawful. Like the chipmunks does wishbone or something

[@KasumiRINA]

@@hunterdunning1776 cleanse your ears by listening to Arashi ga Oka by Tomoyasu Hotei. That's Wuthering Heights in Japanese, and the film named Arashi ga Oka is also a great adaptation, though set in feudal Japan... Onimaru digging up Kinu's body is... well, graphic. It's probably the best version too because Japanese actors aren't overacting.

[@grantm6933]

The pronunciations of Wuthering Heights and Jane Eyre not withstanding, another interesting video.

[@stompyowl]

Yes. "Woothering"?? I had to go make sure I hadn't been wrong for years.

[@Lord_Of_Beans]

Ah, another classic “terrible people do terrible things to each other and then die terribly lonely only for those after them to learn from the example made out of the terrible people and live happily ever after due to not partaking in terrible acts that would make them terrible people”

[@Nielzabub]

I still remember reading this book in college and getting into a debate about Heathcliffe. Our teacher talked about it was disturbing that a child could blackmail another child. My friend and I responded with "All he did was threaten to tell Hindley's father that he was beating him...which was the truth. His blackmail was....to tell their father the truth." That was a bizarre time in class.

[@excellent808]

I remember reading this book in highschool and absolutely hating it. I could never tell who was talking or what was going on. But after this video it makes me feel like I missed an opportunity

[@HistoryNerd808]

I was the same way and still hold a deep grudge toward it. I could never get into it and could never keep the characters straight because they all seemed to have the same names.

[@dkupke]

I HATED the scarlet letter. Hated 1984. Hated catcher in the rye. Liked lord of the glues. Liked animal farm. Loved to kill a mockingbird. Loved Moby dick.

[@shawnheatherly]

Step-siblings getting a lot more attention than I expected.

[@sorchamccarrey]

just chiming in bc there is not nearly enough love for this book in the comments section. it is a fully excellent novel and i'm glad you all covered it!! with a healthy heaping of kate bush adoration as is only right and appropriate. her song got me to read the book, hard to say which i love more :)

[@godzy323]

Growing up, we never read these stories bc we never found them interesting. We're glad these videos are made, bc it shows we wouldnt have enjoyed these old books X.x Just not my genre. Solid videos though. We're way more open to listening to these short recaps than the actual thing

[@songsayswhat]

One of Jasper Fforde's Thursday Next books has Miss Havisham (yes, that one) running a group therapy session for the cast of Wuthering Heights in a book verse. It is hilarious. So dysfunctional!

[@draykosanbar]

My favorite novel of all time - so glad to see y'all cover it!

[@kaideane6973]

I absolutely hated this book, but this channel always makes the books it talks about sound so interesting. So let's see if they can change my mind.

[@extrahistory]

Corrupting one person at a time! 📘

[@pyeitme508]

@@extrahistory bruh 🤣

[@kaideane6973]

Ok, after watching the video, I think I know WHY I hated that book. I absolutely despised Heathcliff, like hated him beyond hatred. He did messed up things, and I felt like the book wasnt acknowledging that they were messed up. That being said, I was an early teen when reading it, and I didnt realize the point of the book kinda was the fact he does messed up things. As in, with the situation he was in, he became the man he was out of necessity. That being said, I dont think ill be adding this book to my favourites list, but for the alternative reason of it simply being a genre I'm not into. As an ace person, I've always struggled connecting to romance novels, but just because I personally don't love it, doesnt make it bad.

[@BryanHo]

Me too, I despised this book when we read it in high school. Not a single likeable character.

[@VestigialHead]

Yeah it is a boring read. The concepts behind it were once controversial - but now mild.

[@michaelrudolph2606]

"Heathcliff, Heathcliff, no one should terrify the neighborhood. But Heathcliff just won't be undone has a grudge with EVERYONE."

[@naly202]

I read the novel in high-school and I fell madly in love with Heathcliff. Dunno how my teenage brain worked, but I found him fascinating.

[@MovieFan1912]

I did like the Heathcliff jokes in this. So I would like to thank Zoey for giving me a good laugh.

[@extrahistory]

[@qienna6677]

Zoe is the real star of Extra Credits, we neeeeeeeeed an episode dedicated to her again

[@extrahistory]

Zoe is too adorbs!

[@abidaislam9038]

I loved this book. The narrative and the dialogues are singular in nature.... its not only about the story but how it was told...

[@microdavid7098]

very interesting summary. I usually watch this channel for gamedev but the book summary is great. I also appreciate the tiny snippets of prose you have

[@iaramagf]

Love this book, read it multiple times. The best thing to come out of this great novel wasn't kate bush's wuthering heights though, the best thing to come out of this book was actually angra's cover of kate bush's wuthering heights.

[@coolbrotherf127]

I vaguely remember this from highschool, but all I really remember was how boring I thought it was to actually read. It's probably because I don't really relate to or connect with any of the characters or context of the story. A story about the mundane drama of a family is only interesting if it means anything to me.

[@amandanguyen390]

Absolutely love WH & your comedic summary of it - to think it was nigh unmemeable!

[@blueroses4112]

I remember having to read this in high school and hating it... but now I'm at an age where I can sort of love-to-hate it, like it's the English gothic lit version of a soap opera.

[@kayleigh0711]

Im glad for this breakdown. I tried to get into wuthering heights ages ago but i couldnt. Which is a pity. In theory, its exactly what i would like

[@KasumiRINA]

It's a hard read due to non-linear structure and dark subject matter... in the most mundane things... I WILL ALWAYS BE TWITCHY WHEN MAKING OATMEAL NOW... Poor Isabella!

[@kayleigh0711]

@@KasumiRINA i mean it is true that the non linear structure doesnt make forba smooth ride. But for me at least certain things really work in specific media for me. Discworld is great as a/v, but i cant really read it. Ohshc, could not get into the manga. The way everything is so active and audience engaging, it really only works as the anime or drama. And the hobbit i could only read it. I feel like wuthering heights may be better for me to get into as a drama or adaptation, but i am aware that has its faults

[@bobkrachit7774]

Thanks for introducing me to the song!

[@arsminecraft]

Kate Bush hadn't even read Wuthering Heights when she made the song about it. It was inspired by a BBC Drama.

[@Ryu_D]

Thank you for the video.

[@coltondodger]

Maybe you could do the fall of the house of usher for October.... I almost said we. Good job cultivating the personal feel.

[@extrahistory]

[@KasumiRINA]

Usher house, Wuthering Heights, and Castle If for the worst tourist recommendations of the 1840s.

[@Luffingtoncloak]

I loved the night sky nice job extra credits

[@extrahistory]

Thank you!

[@Luffingtoncloak]

Ur welcome

[@ICountFrom0]

Living here in Vermont, I have to recommend "Abide with Me" if you want a slightly more modern spin.

[@norapersephone338]

I can’t get over that scheming face Heathcliff keeps having. Especially at 6:11

[@kendellstewart2090]

Always wondered what this book was about. A few of the books it inspired come to mind.

[@FancifulSKey4468]

love the history videos and now these.

[@weaselwolf]

There's a video out there where someone synced up the theme to the cartoon to clips of the movie and it's amazing

[@kaminaridojin]

I've never read it, but I also didn't know there was a song! How interesting. I've heard the title of the book and the name of its author my whole life.

[@davidgustavsson4000]

Love the song, didn't know it had lyrics

[@rossjohnstone4689]

I'd love to see you review "the monk" as its also in the Gothic style and is an interesting (if distributing) book.

[@talithacumiferguson8834]

Please do a video on Emma by Jane Austen next!

[@KingNoob7]

I got through about 5 pages of this book one summer for school. I had to go off of the movie I had watched with friends at the start of the summer when school started

[@nestormartinez3216]

I read this and Jane Eyre a time ago, really amazing

[@TheCreepypro]

I missed this one going to have to do something about that also going to check out that song

[@Eramiserasmus]

I remember reading this for high school and hating it's dry language. But reading it later as a fun read let me really enjoy it.

[@lj6401]

7:19 someone had fun drawing the shadow

[@kingmichealthefirstofroman2278]

i am still waiting for Heart of darkness by joseph conrad

[@arthurdowney2846]

I had to pick up Wuthering Heights again after watching Saltburn.

[@isapheonix]

i have read the book and need to say: THE WHOLE THING COULD HAVE BEEN RESOLVED BY ONE CONVO BETWEEN HEATHCLIFFE AND KATHY! DUDE DISAPPEARED FOR 3 YEARS WHILE HE GOT RICH WITHOUT SAYING A DAMN WORD TO HER! OF COURSE SHE THOUGHT HE DESERTED HER. ok rant over.

[@extrahistory]

Communication is key!

[@Lowlandlord]

Never heard the song before now actually. Pretty good.

[@andrewpatrick183]

Y’all should do Passing by Nella Larsen sometime! It’s one of my favorites and is an interesting intersection of race and sexuality in literature especially for it’s time.

[@darknessunknown4384]

Heathcliff, Heathcliff, no one shou~ld terrify the neighborhood. But Heathcliff just won't be undo~ne, playing pranks on everyone. Sorry, I couldn't resist.

[@Kris-lu1rs]

Literally discussed this book in class earlier today!

[@extrahistory]

We totally planned that.

[@AweStrikerNova]

There’s a game called Limbus Company releasing in the near future that features a bunch of classic literary characters adapted to a certain sort of dystopia, including Ishmael, Don Quixote, and… well, Heathcliff here! But we don’t really know all that much about what they’re like just yet.

[@alexanderfreeman]

Heathcliff, Heathcliff, no one should terrify the neighborhood!

[@fatcat1399]

Wait thats pronounced Jane “ire?!”omg my whole life I thought it was Jane “air” 😅 (Also please do that one too, The movie adaptions used to scare The crap outta me as a kid but I loved it 😂💀💜)

[@MissMagic]

It is pronounced like air, you are correct.

[@jeremy1860]

I'd love for that coffee shop to be a real place to go to. Seems like it'd have a good atmosphere 😊

[@extrahistory]

Zoey says they make the most amazing lattes.

[@West_Coast_Gang]

Can you do a series about verdun

[@MikeJones-ye6li]

Please at some point do Why You Should Read: The Godfather. It offers a look behind the closed doors of the past, and in doing so reveals a surprising amount about the present.

[@AlixL96]

Is there an episode on Jane Eyre? if not i hope you make one soon.

[@MoondustManwise]

I really want to see an episode on the count of monte cristo. It's one of my favorite musicals of all time, but i know little about the book itself (other than he ends up with not mercedes which is a bummer)

[@extrahistory]

As you wish... kzbin.info/www/bejne/kIu9eYKvj85_hLc

[@adrianaslund8605]

Kate Bush song Lord of the Reedy River(which is a cover) is also pretty spooky. With excellent production.

[@shawnconway6009]

So basically, The Life and Suffering of Sir Bronte just ripped this whole book off, with a lot of supernatural twists. But the entire structure of that game's family is basically just this.

[@DeeWunnHybrid]

English Lit. In high school back in Jamaica we had to read this whole thing…plus write a piece on Emily lol uughh 😅

[@Z.O.M.G]

Damn Emily went for that beacon, but did she get it?

[@postapocalypticnewsradio]

PANR has tuned in.

[@extrahistory]

Thanks for being here PANR!

[@allaniadall9686]

Matt: don't take my word for it. Me:yeah. You were inaccurate about Taming of the Shrew.

[@sourabhmayekar3354]

Great

[@PramkLuna]

Can confirm Extra Credits to this day has not let down Kate Bush

[@extrahistory]

Matt made sure we COULD NOT avoid her and her songs....

[@dhindaravrel8712]

I didn't know there was the song. Is is something one is supposed to be aware of?

[@mohammadadil456]

Please do a historical series on Ashoka and Chandra gupt Maurya.

[@Ofiotaurus]

Can we get a Lovecraft episode here? Preferably on a story of his and not his production as a whole. (mountains of madness preferably)

[@extrahistory]

Oh that's a good one!

[@matthewmccaughey1628]

EC, what about The Fall of the House of Usher by Edgar Allen Poe

[@alicerivierre]

I do love Poe! ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@KasumiRINA]

Who the Hell Is Edgar?

[@Gorm169]

4:25 Jane Who? I'm fairly certain it's pronounced like "air", not "ire".

[@jeslybarillasmeraz880]

I always found Catherine absolutely unbearable, only finding solace in the kindred spirit of the uncouth Heathcliffe, so in the end I considered them deserving to be dead together, being each others comfort and torment in death as in life. Seriously tho, Catherine was an absolute B.

[@theomegapyrope9715]

do dom casmurro next!!

[@ChroniclesOfImagination07]

I think I might have a tiny little crush on the narrator, Matt. But it's not only me... right???

[@cjc2010]

Kate Beaton has some funny comics on this one.

[@r.babylon2885]

I deeply appreciate the Simpsons references.

[@bentoth9555]

Zoe is adorable.

[@extrahistory]

[@madmaxchi7369]

This book was super dense when we read it in freshman year. I read every spark and cliff notes and still didn’t understand it

[@mesientogut6701]

The Angra cover of the Kate Bush song is so good

[@adrianaslund8605]

Kate Bush is awesome. I like the albums The Sensual World and The Dreaming.

[@willlyon7129]

Can you do Jane Eyre?