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Is Wuthering Heights the Best Novel Ever Written?

Posted in Observation, Reading with tags , , , , , , , on April 3, 2026 by Jarrod Boyle

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It’s the only book I’ve ever finished and then picked up to read again. This certainly does not mean it is an ‘easy’ read. For a modern reader, it’s actually pretty difficult, and I believe this is a direct result of Emily Bronte’s first-rate skills as a novelist. She is a beautiful writer, and her grasp of the English language is unsurpassed.

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Is Wuthering Heights the Best Novel Ever Written?

Posted in Observation, Reading with tags , , , , , , , , , , , on March 22, 2026 by Jarrod Boyle

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A wise friend of mine rejects the idea of there being such a thing, because it suggests that novels are like horses and the race makes assessment into a simple matter of comparison in a single field of endeavour.

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