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Why Emily Bronte’s Wuthering Heights withstands multiple readings and adaptations
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Emerald Fennell's Wuthering Heights, starring Jacob Elordi and Margot Robbie, is just the latest in a series of adaptations of Emily Bronte's classic novel.
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SINGAPORE – One look at the trailer for director Emerald Fennell’s recent Wuthering Heights film was enough to trigger a severe case of eye-rolling.
But it was a good reminder to revisit a classic that I have loved since I first struggled with the Yorkshire dialect as a nerdy 15-year-old bookworm who picked up the book for fun.
