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Wuthering Heights: Violence and cruelty

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Wuthering Heights: Violence and cruelty

SUBJECTS:  English

YEARS:  9–10


Why might Emily Bronte have included numerous instances of cruelty in Wuthering Heights?

Listen as John Bowen, Professor of Nineteeth-century Literature, considers the reasons behind the brutality in the novel.

This clip is one in a series of four from the British Library.


Acknowledgements

Video © British Library.


Production Date: 2016


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