Moors Misread: Emerald Fennell's Wuthering Heights Draws Fire
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A Defector review argues Emerald Fennell's Wuthering Heights is visually extravagant but narratively shallow, distorting Brontë's moor-born romance by whitewashing Heathcliff, retooling Catherine, and prioritizing fashion, interiors, and montage over the novel's themes of liberty and ferocity, culminating in a contrived death that reveals little about the characters or Brontë's world.
Topics:entertainment#arts-and-culture#catherine-earnshaw#emerald-fennell#emily-bronte#heathcliff#wuthering-heights
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