Wuthering heights biographical criticism in understanding
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Contemporary Reviews of “Wuthering Heights”
Notes: Wuthering Heights was initially published under the ambiguous pseudonym of "Ellis Bell" so many early reviewers believed it to be written by a man.
Some also believed that Currer Bell (Charlotte) and Ellis Bell (Emily) were the same.
The book was first published in December 1847.
Reviews marked with * were found in Emily's desk after her death.
Publication: Spectator
Date: 18 December 1847
Reviewer: Unknown
An attempt to give novelty and interest to fiction, by resorting to those singular 'characters' that used to exist everywhere, but especially in retired and remote places.
The success is not equal to the abilities of the writer; chiefly because the incidents are too coarse and disagreeable to be attractive, the very best being improbable, with a moral taint about them, and the villainy not leading to results sufficient to justify the elaborate pains taken in depicting it.
The execution, h