Tackling 'Wuthering Heights' - Before the Beginning

If you've read my last post, I said I would transpose my initial thoughts that I had written down in my handy-dandy notebook and type them out here on this blog. Here's what I wrote before embarking on this new reading venture:

Dear Reading Journal,
... And to whoever else that may be reading this --

I am attempting to break down chapter-by-chapter the romantic legendary novel of love, passion, betrayal, revenge, and all the guilt and good juicy stuff of Emily Bronte's Wuthering Heights.

My main reason for finally picking up this dusty book off my shelf is to find out what makes this story so effin' breathtaking that Stephenie Meyer kept referring to it in the Twilight saga as Bella's favorite (and by extension, SMeyer's fave) novel. But where the comparison lies between Bella and Cathy or Edward and Heathcliff -- that's something I plan to investigate, to see if the comparisons are really there.

Or not.

My bet is that SMeyer really only scratches the surface. Sure, there seems to be some passion and a smattering of vengeance-seeking throughout the Twilight saga. But to me, Bella and Edward got nothin' on the heated bad romance between Catherine and Heathcliff. I mean, Bella and Edward at least get to be together for eternity. But as for Cathy and Heathcliff... they're lost forever, DOOMED, their all-consuming love for each other never fully consummated.

That's the tragic part right there. And if you're pervy enough to be thinking this, you can also go so far as to say it's really tragic that Cathy and Heathcliff never actually... um, DID IT. With each other, that is. (Maybe that's why Bella's so anxious, so hot and bothered about dying a virgin. LOL.)

Both Cathy and Heathcliff die lonely and bitter, especially the surly (yet really sexy sounding) Heathcliff. He's had it rough since he was a kid, so I can't say I blame him that much for turning into a douche-faced jerk to everyone he meets.

And Cathy... she seems like one cruel little wench, playing around with Heathcliff's feelings for her.

But then again, I'm getting ahead of myself, only relying so far on what I've heard about the story. So I'm finally going to read it after 7 years of avoiding it due to the fear of confusion. So please, wish me luck!

I just hope I end up loving Emily's story as fervently as I love Charlotte's Jane Eyre -- or at the very least, appreciating Wuthering Heights for what it's worth as a literary mainstay.

TO CHAPTER 1... AND AWAY!