Exploring 'Wuthering Heights' and the Brontë Legacy

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This chapter dives into Emily Brontë's 'Wuthering Heights,' examining its unique narrative structure and the impact of her and her sisters' collaborative fantasy worlds. The speakers humorously reflect on their own creative processes while discussing historical context, including Brontë's use of a pen name and the health challenges faced by the Brontë family. The chapter opens an engaging dialogue about the novel's complexity and its connections to modern fantasy literature.

This week we go back to the Brontë well to read Emily Brontë's Wuthering Heights, the only novel she published before her untimely death at the age of 30.

Wuthering Heights is about romance, vengeance, catching cold, inheriting property, and the perils of attempting to marry above or below your station - all the hallmarks of a good 19th century novel, in other words. We also talk about Thanksgiving, spelling bees, and Muppet Babies - all the hallmarks of an Overdue episode, in other words.

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