This is not ‘Wuthering Heights’
The problem with Emerald Fennell’s film is not that it is unfaithful to the book, but that by sexualizing the relationship between Catherine and Heathcliff, it domesticates it
‘Banal,’ ‘extravagant,’ or ‘softcore kink’: Why everyone is talking about ‘Wuthering Heights’
Emerald Fennell’s third feature film is polarizing, yet magnetic. Critics have panned it, but some viewers are succumbing to the charms of Jacob Elordi and Margot Robbie’s toxic and irreverent love story
Is Heathcliff a narcissist, a madman, a proto-Marxist? The enduring enigma of the ‘Wuthering Heights’ hero
Jacob Elordi’s turn in Emerald Fennell’s adaptation is the latest revival of a literary myth reshaped so many times on film, television, and stage that each era has turned him into a different man
More educated, healthier... better? What science says about voracious readers
Various studies have attempted, without success, to analyze whether reading can increase our empathy. The evidence is clearer regarding its power to enhance culture and mental health
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