Cumbres Borrascosas

Escrito por Emily Brontë

Narrado por Staff Audiolibros Colección

La poderosa y hosca figura de Heathcliff domina Cumbres Borrascosas, novela apasionada y tempestuosa cuya sensibilidad se adelantó a su tiempo. Los brumosos y sombríos páramos de Yorkshire son el singular escenario donde se desarrolla con fuerza arrebatadora esta historia de venganza y odio, de pasiones desatadas y amores desesperados que van más allá de la muerte y que hacen de ella una de las obras más singulares y atractivas de todos los tiempos.

• Idioma: Español
• Editorial: Audiolibros Colección
• Fecha de lanzamiento: 1 ene 2023
• ISBN: 9798889440055

Emily Brontë

Emily Brontë (1818-1848) was an English novelist and poet known famously for her only novel, Wuthering Heights. The work was originally published in a three-volume set alongside the work of her sister Anne. Due to the politics of the time, she and her sister were given the names Ellis and Acton Bell as pseudonyms. It wasn’t until 1850 that their real names were printed on their respective works. The initial reception of Wuthering Heights by the public was not favorable. Many readers were confused by the novel structure—they had not previously encountered a frame narrative (story-within-a-story) as unique as that of Wuthering Heights. Emily Brontë died from tuberculosis at age thirty, only a year after the publication of her landmark book. Alas, she didn’t live long enough to revel in its legacy; the book later became an iconic work of English literature.

Comentarios para Cumbres Borrascosas

[margarft · Calificación: 2 de 5 estrellas]

God, everyone in this book is so insufferable.

[ghost_boy-691444 · Calificación: 5 de 5 estrellas]

I have to admit Wuthering Heights was at first hard to follow because of the language and who was speaking. However, as soon as I got into the book I could follow it much easier. My edition had a very helpful family tree in the beginning. My advice anyone is to look at the tree before you read the book (unless you can handle Catherine naming her daughter Catherine).

The part I happened to like the best was the characteristics of Heathcliff. He basically represented the moors themselves. He was dark and brutal, yet had a certain beauty about him. He is one of those characters you either love or hate. I happened to like the character because he was kind of that manly-man character with a wicked past to him.

One thing I should point out is that neither my high school or the Twilight books brought me to Wuthering Heights. I remembered reading in two of Virginia Woolf's books that she liked Wuthering Heights because Emily Bronte wrote differently then most women at her time. So if Woolf liked it, then I have to read the book because Woolf is my favorite author. Also, I still do not see the need for Twilight to reference Wuthering Heights just because of the love triangles. To be honest, the ending of Wuthering Heights is just depressing.

[gmomaj · Calificación: 5 de 5 estrellas]

For some reason, I could never make myself read this book, perhaps because of an ancient movie based on it. It was a wonderful, terrible story and for one who cries easily, a tear jerker! That being said, it's a wonderful book and this Audible edition was very well done.Famous, all-encompassing, passionate, but ultimately doomed love between Catherine Earnshaw and Heathcliff, and how this unresolved passion eventually destroys them and the people around them.Today considered a classic of English literature, Wuthering Heights was met with mixed reviews when it first appeared, mainly because of the narrative's stark depiction of mental and physical cruelty. Joanne Froggatt did a wonderful job narrating, although the Yorkshire accent of the servant, Joseph, was very hard to follow.

[agentx216 · Calificación: 1 de 5 estrellas]

Gah! This book is the most horrible thing I've read! Heathcliff is a horrible character! I didn't know I was ever suppose to root for him. He borders on crazy and even crazier. No one should be forced to read this dren. I'd rather be waterboardered than read this again...at least the psychological scars of waterboarding wouldn't last as long!

[tsunaminoai · Calificación: 3 de 5 estrellas]

It's an ok book. I do love a good vengeance story, but I never got the feeling like I should care about Heathcliff or his victims. The vengeance seemed overdone, without reason, and to people who didn't seem to deserve it. Maybe that was the point, but meh.

[andjhostet-527429 · Calificación: 4 de 5 estrellas]

Definitely the more interesting book out of Jane Eyre and Wuthering Heights, and in my opinion, better in almost every way. The characters are much deeper and more interesting, the setting is better written, with a lot of mystique, the themes are more gray and I liked the prose more.

Heathcliff is a fascinating villain. Utterly depraved and unpredictable, which made for good reading, but also empathetic. You get such a deep glimpse into his character by following him from a child, and the moments he opens up to Nelly are heartbreaking.

This book is twisted. I wish Emily Bronte had more content to dig into because this one was fascinating. I haven't really read another book quite like it.

[leslie398 · Calificación: 3 de 5 estrellas]

Librivox recording (Version 2) narrated by Ruth Golding.Ruth Golding did a good job narrating, although I found Joseph's northern accent almost undecipherable (which was a problem for me in the printed edition as well). Too bad that I find almost all the characters repellant..

[jmchshannon · Calificación: 5 de 5 estrellas]

I first read Emily Brontë’s masterpiece, Wuthering Heights, as a preteen and fell in love with it then. There is something about Heathcliff and Catherine’s relationship that always made me swoon. They have so much individual trauma and are truly awful people, but together they make so much sense. Also, you know how much I love a good, dark revenge story, and more than half of Wuthering Heights is all about revenge. Hell, Heathcliff devotes his entire life to seeking revenge against those who abused him. I never could blame him for that. I mean, they made his life miserable, and there was no such thing as therapy back then. Holly reminded me how much I love this story when she asked me about it for a term paper. Talking about Wuthering Heights made me anxious to do another re-read, as it had been a few years since the last time. This time around, I opted to listen to it versus read it. Unfortunately, no matter how great an actress Joanne Froggett is, I did not enjoy the audio version. Ms. Froggett’s performance is fine. I think my lack of enjoyment is because I have read it so many times that I have my own way of interpreting the dialogue. On top of that, some books are simply better in print, and, for me, Wuthering Heights is one of those. I know some people detest this book or question why people consider it a romantic story. Me? I will go to my grave thinking Catherine and Heathcliff are one of the most romantic couples in all of literature. Now, I do recognize their relationship is not healthy and would never set them up as examples of true love. But they are perfect for each other, and that is what makes them such a powerful couple. Man, I love Wuthering Heights!

[eavans-914612 · Calificación: 5 de 5 estrellas]

I'm honestly still trying to wrap my head around this thing.

How can something –so teeming with detestable characters, nauseating abuses, and chilling justifications– win me over so definitely?

It was the question to crowd my mind for the 24 hours after I finished this novel.

Now, I don't usually grab for anything horror, or supernatural– or even fantasy. I'm a humanist. I always find those kinds of books focus too much on the "Monster of the Week", and it bores me immensely. But looking at my two tied-for-#1 books of all time, Frankenstein and The Picture of Dorian Gray, I'm beginning to come to a startling realization.

I actually really like this shit.

Looking at what these three have in common, I think it's what horror, supernatural, and fantasy are all supposed to have, but often lack: noting the extent of humanity when confronted with terrifying and otherwordly obstacles.

Which brings me to back to this book. Wowee. The extent of the vindictiveness that is Heathcliff is chilling and hard to read at times. It made me physically sick at times, and I more than once had to shut the book and move on for a few hours. It was brilliant, it was sadistic, it was sad.

Let's get this out of the way. Wuthering Heights is not a love story. Period. There's little to none mutual satisfaction, goodwill, or hope in the romances in the book. Instead, we're confronted with an obsessive, parasitic love as healthy as a terminal illness. It's been argued Heathcliff's redeeming aspect is his love, but I don't buy into it. If you want to read it as thus, be my guest, but I definitely took it as a byproduct of abuse.

What is the central message of Wuthering Heights? Is it the dangers of cycles of abuse present even before Heathcliff falls in love with Catherine? Is it the dangerously passionate and immovable love that tears everyone apart with them? Is it the fate of the universe for his abuse, the jealousy of Hindley that begun it, or even the stagnancy and danger of seeing another as your own? I don't know yet. I don't know if I ever will. Perhaps it's all of those things, maybe it's none of them.

Beyond the fact that Heathcliff has the "O.G. Severus Snape complex", the interactions of the other characters left me equally terrified. I wanted to shake the book until they realized they didn't have to fall to the level of their oppressors, but I was as powerless as the will for revenge woven into these characters minds. Living at Wuthering Heights was like an inescapable curse I couldn't pull them away from, and I have no idea how Nelly did it all those years.

So thank God for the ending, honestly. I think I would have chucked this in the bin with tears down my face if Catherine and Hareton became the same miserable leeches their kin were, and I wish I were joking. The fact they're able to rebuild (The flower scene! That made me so warm inside!)
and begin to love each other genuinely was a Godsend. I loved that Hareton was rebuilding himself as well, but that he was still slightly deficient from Heathcliff's neglect with his off mannerism and "roughness". It was real and poignant, as was the change with Catherine. They're both different people from this ordeal –but they're not broken– just a little scarred. There's a love story I can get into.

I could go on about this book for days, but I have to stop somewhere. Read this. It will seriously question cycles of abuse and humanity, and probably your will to read about it. It's some scary, human stuff, and I'm damn sure it will sit with me for a long time.

[aliceanna-1 · Calificación: 4 de 5 estrellas]

Wow. Talk about your toxic masculinity. I first read this decades ago and I don't recall whether I felt this conflicted about it back then or not. It's certainly well-written and has a good plot, but the utter narcissism of ALL of the characters except Nelly and Lockwood is a bit much. I could manage to summon a modicum of sympathy for Hareton, but Heathcliff? Sure he was abused as a child, but he became a monster doling out far worse than he received. Blech.

[mkh43 · Calificación: 2 de 5 estrellas]

God, everyone in this book is so insufferable.

[terriks · Calificación: 5 de 5 estrellas]

Catherine, Heathcliff, the moors, family angst and mad love. What's not to like here? There's a reason this book continues to draw readers: these are some wild characters. Terrific prose. More violence than one might be expecting. What a tale! Enjoy the ride.

[mandarella-337035 · Calificación: 5 de 5 estrellas]

Simply: Heathcliff and Catherine grew up together as childhood lovers. He is a man without a past (sometimes called a "gypsy"). Catherine is a spunky, free spirited, headstrong woman. Catherine marries Edgar Linton and Heathcliff seeks vengeance. The unresolved passion between Heathcliff and Catherine destroys them, their family and those around them. This is not a tale of romance, instead it is a very deep and dark story about revenge and the generations of families that live on the properties of Wuthering Heights and Thrushcross Grange.

****

My first Brontë was Jane Eyre and I fell in love with Jane as a character. Unlike my love for Jane I don't "love" any of the characters in Wuthering Heights; however, I can say I love Wuthering Heights. I wasn't sure what to expect but I knew I was in for a twisted, dark brooding Gothic Fiction tale (my favorite).

The novel is full of complicated characters and this is a book for readers who understand and can appreciate flawed characters. While the characters are unlikable, I did fall in love with with the atmosphere - the dreariness, the two ancient manors of Wuthering Heights and Thrushcross Grange, and the four miles that separate them.

Heathcliff's character is comprised of the abusive and unloved childhood he experienced, his love and obsession with the only person who ever showed him any kindness (Catherine), and an adulthood as an angry, vengeful and violent man.

Catherine is selfish and vindictive. She married Edgar Linton but still loves Heathcliff. Catherine admits, "My love for Linton is like the foliage in the woods: time will change it, I'm well aware, as winter changes the trees. My love for Heathcliff resembles the eternal rocks beneath: a source of little visible delight, but necessary. Nelly, I am Heathcliff! He's always, always in my mind: not as a pleasure, any more than I am always a pleasure to myself, but as my own being. So don't talk of our separation again: it is impracticable."

While this is a bleak novel that deals with some very complicated people, in the end we are offered the possibility of peace and happiness through Cathy (younger) and Hareton's relationship, and the suggestion that Catherine and Heathcliff were reunited in the afterlife.

[brakketh-1 · Calificación: 4 de 5 estrellas]

One of those classic novels that are substantially different from your preconceived ideas. In my head Wuthering Heights was almost a classic romance rather than being a much more complex mix of romance, near horror and everything in between.

[saschenka-316193 · Calificación: 4 de 5 estrellas]

Shocking in its time, an anti-Victorian outlook from an unmarried author who died before she was 30. Catherine split between innate longing for nature (Heathcliff) and prescribed desire for pretty gentility (Edgar). Women as chattel socially, but powerful as emotional centers for men. Gothic and Romantic influences but the novel defies genre labeling. How do we break free of our social construct? Cathy “I am Heathcliff” could be description of love/hate relationship with soul mate. Possible that Heathcliff a half sibling. To modern ears, the difficult, rendered Yorkshire dialect breaks frame too much, it is overdone. Not specified re Heathcliff ethnicity, could be half black (Liverpool a slave trade center) or merely black hair/eyes and not fair (Spanish blood runs through SW England & Ireland).

[christilee394 · Calificación: 1 de 5 estrellas]

Unpopular opinion here but I just don't understand the love for this book. Almost every character is self-centered and just horrible, self-centered, vile jerks.

[desiree_reads · Calificación: 5 de 5 estrellas]

A beautiful rendition of the classic Wuthering Heights, I reviewed this book for the "extras" it provides, rather than the story itself, as it is one we all know.

The cover on this hardback, both front and back, appear to be gorgeous. The book is also filled to the brim in the margins with small but wonderful illustrations of flowers, birds, feathers, pinecones, and more. One page may be half filled with a handful of dandelion blossoms, while another with warblers on some tree branches. Butterflies, squirrels, owls, and acorns - nature in many forms of lovely watercolors. The artwork is indeed a beauteous accompaniment to the text.

The description of the book also mentions additional content to be included, such as four-color maps, letters, family trees, and sheet music, which I didn't see in the PDF copy I reviewed, so hopefully these neat-sounding features will be included in the actual hardback.

A big thank you to Andrew McNeel Publishing and NetGalley for providing an Advance Reader Copy in exchange for this review.

[elenchus_1 · Calificación: 1 de 5 estrellas]

I anticipated an insipid romance: it was that, but not for reasons expected. Rather than mawkish and treacly behaviour, Heathcliff & Catherine display a wholly unexpected level of obsession (devotion?) to one another, contrary to any evidence of tender feeling or even physical attraction. Not only are they not doe-eyed in their expressions or interactions, each instead appears manic and possessive, verging on feral, and I am mystified as to what either sees in or feels for the other. Beyond that central mystery, this is a bat-shit crazy novel. Perennial criticisms of genre fiction (which typically I consider unfair generalizations) legitimately apply here: the plot is preposterous; most everyone is cynical if not sadistic in behavior to one another; coincidence triumphs over reasonable expectation at every turn. How Brontë's novel came to be regarded as a Classic is frankly dumbfounding. How it came to be shorthand for Gothic Romance, is equally mystifying. Perhaps Heathcliff's & Catherine's obsessive devotion in the face of (what they apparently perceive to be) universal approbation by their peers and elders underwrites so many readers' love for these two. It only left me cold.I do have some faint curiosity regarding Brontë's motives for writing the novel. Was this a cautionary tale? If so, whom did she expect to reach? The story involves mean-spirited people behaving selfishly at every turn with scarcely an empathetic character to be found. And then, Brontë chose to relay the story in perhaps the most convoluted way possible, as though recounting a soap opera family drama from the vantage of the mail carrier, and chronologically backward. (I freely acknowledge the "mail carrier", Lockwood, to be an hysterical character study worth the price of admission. To be accurate, however, he is merely the secretary, taking dictation from Nelly Deal, the house gossip who recounts him the tale over her knitting.)It occurs to me my reaction here is similar to what I've read others describe in reference to The Catcher In The Rye. I find Holden Caulfield infinitely more sympathetic and relatable.//Reading presented an excuse to re-acquaint myself with the Kate Bush single: was the song perhaps critical of the couple? No, not a bit. Kate was 18, and apparently genuinely impressed with Heathcliff and Cathy. The vignette she captures in the lyric is the best part of the novel, and ignores the swaths I find so exasperating. Oh well, a good tune, but I found it wholly disconnected from my experience of the book.

[moukayedr · Calificación: 4 de 5 estrellas]

I read this very long ago in translation and it was also an abridged version. I do remember the main characters, Catherine and Heathcliff, but I am sure that the depth of these characters, their manipulative and sometimes evil ways were not conveyed properly in the translation.

I was fascinated throughout by the cruelty of Heathcliff and his drive for revenge, which knew no bounds. The book is mostly about him, but the object of his love, Catherine is also a selfish, though self-destructive character. These two eventually destroyed each other, leaving a literal trail of dead bodies around them.

The story is a study of the dark side of love, and how it can destroy when it fails to uplift. The choices Catherine Sr. made in her life, set forth a sequence of events that destroyed the lives of her nephew, her sister in-law and almost carried through to destroying her daughter, if the latter did not eventually heal herself by the power of love and forgiveness.

Ultimately it shows that the choice of the heart is always the correct one, rather than the choice of the ego, driven by considerations of status or fear. The most difficult character to understand was Joseph with his Yorkshire dialect, but he added colour to the narrative, and he was almost always full of crap about sin and how bad everyone is. His literal interpretation of the scripture made him especially cruel to the people he considered lacking in morals (almost every normal human being). We all know people like that. Meanwhile the narrator Nellie sounded like a wise person, and enlightened the audience with her insight into the people she knew, and at the same time kept us wondering about their motivation.

The book got progressively darker, I felt. At the beginning I found Mr. Lockwood's description of Heathcliff's family quite humorous, but his mood became more subdued in the latter chapter. Nellie Dean was quite a skilled narrator too and kept me interested, even though using her as a narrator is an antiquated device, I felt.

[andorion-259107 · Calificación: 4 de 5 estrellas]

A deeply disturbing book about some seriously messed up people. A significant portion of this book seems to have been the distilled essence of anger, jealousy and violence.

[pgchuis · Calificación: 2 de 5 estrellas]

Read for my OU course.I found the beginning of this story incomprehensible, but once Ellen Dean's narration kicks in things make more sense. I would have been lost at times without the family tree though. So, things I hated about this book:- all the characters without exception. (Even Ellen was manipulative and scheming, and Mr Lockwood was a self-satisfied snob.)- the 'plot' (there wasn't much of one).- Joseph's incomprehensible dialect.- the unrelenting misery, and cruelty.- the way all the character were damaged and their relationships dysfunctional.

[mandathestrange · Calificación: 4 de 5 estrellas]

An amazing classic that everyone should truly read, I've never read a book that has spurred me to have so many emotions. I experienced Heathcliff's fury, Catherine's moroseness and I could feel the fog on my skin drifting over the moors. It was utterly depressing but in the most beautiful way.

My only hiccup was Joseph's Yorkshire accent, i truly understand that Emily wanted to make this apparent. However it was incredibly hard and frustrating to understand even with the appendix helping me out. However it was clever device.

Emily wrote beyond her years and now I know why this novel will continue to stand the test of time.

I did prefer Jane Eyre, although I know everyone prefers Wuthering Heights. Interesting!

[thedivineoomba · Calificación: 4 de 5 estrellas]

I finally got around to reading Wuthering Heights, originator of the dark, handsome distant, and slightly abusive male love interest. Of course, the story is more than that, with a fairy like leading lady, and a gossipy servant telling an outsider everything and a setting that fits the story perfectly.The book is well written, especially the locations - from the dangerous moors to the houses of the two very different families. The characters themselves were well written, and I'd say stereotypical, except that in the cases of Heathcliff and Catherine, they SET the precedence.As for the plot, I'd sum it up as "How to raise children into absolute horrible creatures". Each of the characters were the sum of how they were raised, from Heathcliff, who was only loved by Catherine, to Linton, who was whiner who was alternately spoiled by his mother, and verbally abused by his father.Cathrine, the instigator, is a capricious being, not understanding how her words and actions both hurt her husband and her lover. And last, we have Ellen Dean, the old servant, who was there for the majority of the story. Ellen is quick to betray confidences, tell the new tenant the story of the family, and be extremely inconsistent in how she handles a situation. Everybody in this story is quick to get angry, slow to forgive, and seems to only live for hurting each other. Which isn't to say you shouldn't read it, but its not the dark and steamy romance that its made out to be in popular culture.

[drbrand-271246 · Calificación: 4 de 5 estrellas]

Jeez—and I thought Blood Meridian was bleak.

[thestrawberrymoon · Calificación: 5 de 5 estrellas]

A Romantic Ghost Story very atmospheric.

[soufflebun · Calificación: 5 de 5 estrellas]

I have to say that I did read it for school. But unlike many people in my year, I really really liked it. Over the course of the year I read it multiple times because I liked it so much (and yes exams). I'm not entirely sure what drew me to the book... I liked the time span, the narration, the description... It's not a book I would have recognised immediately as a future favourite, it's just sort of sprung up on me.

[suesbooks · Calificación: 3 de 5 estrellas]

I was disappointed in this classic. I was interested in the book, but the characters were presented as such extremes. This was a horrible love story, not a caring one.

[m.belljackson · Calificación: 4 de 5 estrellas]

ONE STAR less than perfect due to the horror of the dog hangings,I could understand Heathcliff's desire for revenge after the abuse he suffered for so many yearsand could relate to his passion for the love he had lost, but, the dog - NEVER!Ellen (Nelly) is the only likable character:Linton and his sister deserve each other.Heathcliff is filled with hatred, vengeance, jealousy, and remains selfish and just plain mean,as does his Great Love, Catherine who is also a self-indulgent, spiteful, unpredictable, and a hysterical liar.They deserve each other.Despite not connecting with the characters, Wuthering Heights is a wildly engrossing tale,complete, in the 1943 Random House edition, with equally wildly imaginative and evocativewood-cut illustrations by Fritz Eichenberg.

[kayis813-163108 · Calificación: 4 de 5 estrellas]

This book was much different than I expected. I wasn't sure whether or not I liked it for a couple of days, because I'm not used to liking a book that doesn't make me happy, but I found myself really wanting to see how it ended and decided that meant I did like it. The story was told very well and was engaging and felt everything I think the author was intending for me to feel. I didn't really root for any character which is another thing that made me unsure if I liked it or not since I love character driven stories but the characters, while not good people are very interesting.

[kayla.krantz · Calificación: 5 de 5 estrellas]

I'm a fan of classics, but not so much one of romance so I went into this book a little hesitant. I came out very pleasantly surprised though. This is an amazing book with both a complicated and fulfilling plot. My only grievance would be the names of the characters. Sometimes in the piece the similarity of the names would get confusing to the point where I would have to reread sections to clarify exactly which characters I was dealing with. Other than that, I loved this book! It's one of my new favorites.