I read Wuthering Heights so you don’t have to – here’s the whole story, as told by Emily Brontë.

My first book report on the pod! I was inspired to make this so that everyone can access Emily Brontë’s iconic cornerstone of Gothic literature while it’s at the forefront of pop culture, whether or not you have the time and energy to sit down and read it yourself right now. There’s a lot of things to discuss re. Emerald Fennell’s movie “adaptation,” but for today we focus on the original text, all of the characters and plot, and my interpretation of the themes Brontë explores. I’ll be back to cover the movie soon!

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Chapter timestamps

00:00:00 hello!

00:01:32 my relationship to this book

00:03:22 Lockwood comes to Yorkshire

00:07:26 bad vibes and ghosts at Wuthering Heights

00:19:05 Heathcliff’s origin story

00:25:45 Emily Brontë wrote about race

00:30:02 mini Emerald Fennell rant

00:31:50 little Heathcliff: from golden boy to servant

00:35:09 the Lintons change Catherine

00:41:21 Heathcliff longs for Edgar’s whiteness

00:44:01 Hindley humiliates Heathcliff; Hareton is born

00:46:49 Heathcliff-Catherine-Edgar love triangle

00:54:40 Edgar proposes to Catherine

01:00:13 Heathcliff disappears

01:04:49 Heathcliff’s back, hotter and richer

01:11:55 Catherine, Edgar, Heathcliff, and Isabella

01:19:30 Edgar and Heathcliff fight

01:24:34 Isabella runs off with Heathcliff

01:29:01 Heathcliff and Catherine reunite

01:36:28 Catherine dies giving birth to Cathy Jr.

01:40:08 Isabella flees; gives birth to Linton

01:42:06 Hindley dies; Heathcliff keeps Hareton

01:43:52 Edgar spoils Cathy; Heathcliff abuses Hareton

01:48:20 Isabella dies, Heathcliff takes Linton

01:55:04 Heathcliff pushes Cathy + Linton together

02:03:11 Edgar dies

02:10:24 Linton dies; Cathy feels alone at WH

02:15:41 Cathy + Hareton break cycles of abuse

02:21:56 Heathcliff dies

02:24:00 goodbye!

Credits

• Video format concept: caricanread, Jenny Nicholson, Mike’s Mic (all on YouTube)
• Music: Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio
• Stock videos: https://www.vecteezy.com/free-videos/
• Wuthering Heights: Emily Brontë ;)