Just finished reading Emily Bronte's classic (and only) novel, Wuthering Heights.
I found it very readable, with an intriguing and flowing style that pulls the reader along and invests them in the story. For someone who published just one work, Emily Bronte writes very well without sounding like she's trying too hard. Her skill in storytelling is undoubtable.
I did not, however, understand how this book could be seen as a great romance. The characters are interesting, have depth, and are VERY flawed; many, including the impetuous and passionately selfish Catherine and especially the intense, brooding Heathcliff, come off as just genuinely awful people, unsympathetic and cruel. Only a few, like the servant Ellen and young Cathy and, deep down, rugged Hareton, are generally good and sympathetic characters. The plot is creative and highly complex, and the ending is somewhat bittersweet, but truly, the tone of the romantic elements and the book as a whole is entirely different from novels of about the same time like Pride and Prejudice. Wuthering Heights is a drama played out through several generations, not a comedy of manners or a romance novel.
Overall, I suppose I enjoyed reading it, but I don't know that I'll read it again.