Withering Heights

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After a couple of appointments we sat sipping Hamiltinis on the balcony. I said, “by the way, I’ve started reading Wuthering Heights by one of the Bronte sisters. It’s on Amazon Prime books, free stuff, classics. I saw the movie decades ago, I love Kate Bush singing, ‘Heathcliff, it’s me a Kathy, come home now, oh oh oh oh ah oh a’”.

I vaguely knew the story as being written in the eighteenth century, people running around on t’ Yorkshire moors.

My husband enquired, “how did she know about the deep south, back then?”

My mind jumped to, being asked a question, need to please; I answered, “astonishing how at a young age, in a remote location, a knowledge of depths of human relationship.”

He persisted, “You know, French and Saunders did a sketch.”

“Ah, you’re thinking about, fiddly de mamie, Gone With the Wind“, I replied.

Much belly laughing followed.

“Well, they were well read”, he responded. “Hm, I agreed”.

9 thoughts on “Withering Heights

  1. Dear Robert,

    I wonder which version of Kate Bush’s “Wuthering Heights” you prefer. The first version was the UK release; whereas the second was for the American release.

    The following is the second version.

    Still, seeing the title of your latest post here, I can’t help wondering about the Heights of your Withering.

    Yours sincerely,
    SoundEagle🦅

    • It is the UK version. When it was in the charts it was heavily featured on radio and BBC’s Top of the Pops.

      I am guessing since the original, I have heard the US version without realising it.

  2. I recently reread Wuthering Heights for the third and last time. This time around everyone seemed stupid/needed some sense shook into them, not love tragedy .

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