Wuthering Heights: Everything You Need to Know Before the New Movie Comes Out This Week

The new Wuthering Heights movie starring Margot Robbie and Jacob Elordi is coming soon, and whether you've read Emily Brontë's classic or not, this episode will prepare you for what you're about to see on screen.

In this episode:

• Complete plot summary for first-time readers (no spoilers, just what you need to know)
• Emily Brontë's fascinating, tragic life—from her isolation at Haworth Parsonage to her death at 30
• Major themes: class, revenge, toxic relationships, nature vs. civilization
• Why Wuthering Heights is NOT a romance (and why Heathcliff is not a romantic hero)
• The shocking Victorian reception to this "coarse" and "brutal" novel
• Why the book is so difficult to adapt to film
• Past adaptations worth knowing
• What we know about Emerald Fennell's version and what to expect
• How to prepare for the movie and what to take away
• Why this 1847 novel still matters today
• Visiting the Yorkshire moors and Haworth Parsonage where Emily wrote

This is Gothic psychological drama, not a love story—come prepared for intensity, obsession, and the wild beauty of the moors.

Book Recommendations:

• Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë
• Emily Brontë: A Life by Claire Harman
• The Madwoman in the Attic by Sandra Gilbert and Susan Gubar
• The Complete Poems by Emily Brontë
• The Brontës: Wild Genius on the Moors by Juliet Barker

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