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Wuthering Heights is my favourite book of all time! If you haven't read it, you can find it here (I am sure the Library has electronic versions too). So, I read this book because it is authors who have been inspired by the classic novel to write other stories.
'I am Heathcliff' is a short story collection that looks at themes and characters within the novel and explores them in different ways: two- (an one-) sided intense relationships that mimic Heathcliff's emotional state for Cathy and re-writings about the problems of men like Heathcliff for women. Above all, there is the atmospheric emotional intensity of characters and even moments where the moors themselves become alive.
I liked this book because of its different voices and perspectives on the classic novel. I liked different interpretations, readings and issues that writers found with the book. It was enlightening to read these and see what other people thought, even across diverse cultures.
Whatever you feel for this Brontë's work; the freshness of these stories showed me how strong the impact of her work is still so that many more stories, perspectives and ideas can be shared, written and considered.
It was fun to read: dark at times, but the good thing about short stories is that if you need a break to consider one that impacts you in some way, you can put it down for a couple of days before finding a whole new story altogether.
-- S.B.
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