I downloaded WH on Audible and listened to it over the course of a few months, taking breaks for other audiobooks in between.
Honestly I’m kind of confused as to why everyone says everyone in WH is a terrible person? Heathcliff and Catherine, sure, Catherine is a petulant little brat and Heathcliff is an absolute demon. In the second half of the book where he’s determined to stop Cathy II seeing Edgar before he dies? I hated him so much then.
And yes, most of the other characters are hardly admirable, but I honestly sympathise with Edgar who’s basically been led on for years, and Isabella whose biggest crime is being young and naive, and Hareton who was cheated out of his inheritance.
I wonder honestly if Heathcliff being so detestable is why he made every other character seem decent in comparison. I’ve seen some readings where he’s literally a demon and/or a changeling, and given that the whole mess of WH could’ve been avoided if he’d literally never been in the picture, and things calm down the moment he dies, I’m given to believe it at least somewhat.
I don’t know, I’m just splashing my thoughts out here
by PrinceJustice237