{"id":1792101,"date":"2026-02-25T12:13:00","date_gmt":"2026-02-25T09:13:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1792101"},"modified":"2026-02-25T12:13:00","modified_gmt":"2026-02-25T09:13:00","slug":"9-books-to-read-if-you-loved-wuthering-heights-the-novel-not-the-film","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1792101","title":{"rendered":"9 books to read if you loved Wuthering Heights (the novel, not the film)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[analyse_image type=&#8221;featured&#8221; src=&#8221;https:\/\/images-prod.dazeddigital.com\/1200\/309-0-2073-1382\/azure\/dazed-prod\/1430\/8\/1438052.jpg&#8221;]<\/p>\n<article class=\"main-article standard \">\n<div class=\"article-main-content article-wrapper has-media-but-its-an-image\" data-status=\"loaded\" data-primary-article=\"true\" data-url=\"\/life-culture\/article\/69690\/1\/8-books-novels-wuthering-heights-annie-ernaux-anna-karenina-henry-james\" data-article-id=\"69690\">\n<header class=\"article-header has-landscape-image no-media\">\n<div class=\"wrapper dg-max-width\">\n<div class=\"inner\">\n<figure class=\"main-img has-figcaption\" data-img-aspect-ratio-type=\"landscape\" data-img-aspect-ratio=\"1.85\" data-template=\"Standard Article\"><span class=\"has-css-custom-props image-container\" data-aspect-ratio-type=\"landscape\"><span class=\"preserve-aspect-ratio\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"WHE-490-10_112_B281_2\" class=\"img\" height=\"1384\" src=\"https:\/\/images-prod.dazeddigital.com\/1400\/azure\/dazed-prod\/1430\/8\/1438052.jpg\" width=\"2560\"><\/span><\/span><figcaption class=\"img-caption\"><span class=\"inner\"><span class=\"credit\">Wuthering Heights<\/span><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<aside class=\"meta\">\n<div class=\"inner\"><time datetime=\"2026-02-25T12:13:00+00:00\" class=\"timestamp\" title=\"25 February 2026\"><span class=\"month\">February<\/span>\u00a0<br \/>\n<span class=\"day\" data-day=\"25\">25,<\/span>\u00a0<br \/>\n<span class=\"year\">2026<\/span><\/time><\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<div class=\"titles\">\n<div class=\"tags\">\n<div class=\"sections\"><a class=\"category vertical - life-culture\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/life-culture\">Life &amp; Culture<\/a><br \/>\n\/<br \/>\n<a class=\"series\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/lists\">Lists<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"standard-tag-container\"><a class=\"standard-category\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/life-culture\">Life &amp; Culture<\/a> \/<br \/>\n<a class=\"standard-series\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/lists\">Lists<\/a><\/div>\n<h1 class=\"title\"><span>9 books to read if you loved Wuthering Heights (the novel, not <span class=\"nowrap\">the film)<\/span><\/span><\/h1>\n<div class=\"standfirst\">\n<h2>If you\u2019ve just discovered Emily Bront\u00eb\u2019s masterpiece and are hungry for more gothic, boundary-pushing fiction, here are our <span class=\"nowrap\">top picks<\/span><\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<p><time datetime=\"2026-02-25T12:13:00+00:00\" class=\"timestamp\" title=\"25 February 2026\"><span class=\"month\">February<\/span>\u00a0<br \/>\n<span class=\"day\" data-day=\"25\">25,<\/span>\u00a0<br \/>\n<span class=\"year\">2026<\/span><\/time><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><time datetime=\"2026-02-25T12:13:00+00:00\" class=\"timestamp\" title=\"25 February 2026\"><span class=\"month\">February<\/span>\u00a0<br \/>\n<span class=\"day\" data-day=\"25\">25,<\/span>\u00a0<br \/>\n<span class=\"year\">2026<\/span><\/time><\/p>\n<div class=\"providers\">\n<div class=\"contributors\"><span class=\"contributor\" data-contributor-role=\"Text\"><span class=\"contributor-role\">Text<\/span><a class=\"contributor-name\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/user\/SerenaSmith\">Serena Smith<\/a><\/span><span class=\"contributor\" data-contributor-role=\"Text\"><span class=\"contributor-role\">Text<\/span><a class=\"contributor-name\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/user\/JamesGreig\">James Greig<\/a><\/span><span class=\"contributor\" data-contributor-role=\"Text\"><span class=\"contributor-role\">Text<\/span><a class=\"contributor-name\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/user\/EmilyDinsdale\">Emily Dinsdale<\/a><\/span><span class=\"contributor\" data-contributor-role=\"Text\"><span class=\"contributor-role\">Text<\/span><a class=\"contributor-name\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/user\/DominiqueSisley\">Dominique Sisley<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"article-body-container\">\n<div class=\"article-body wrapper\">\n<div class=\"embed-content\" data-embed-type=\"raw-html\">\n<p><em><span>\u201cWuthering Heights\u201d<\/span><\/em><span> is finally out in the world, and while I believe Emerald Fennell deserves to be tried for crimes against cinema for this festering turd of a film, there is thankfully one silver lining to its release: it\u2019s apparently got more people reading again. According to <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/books\/2026\/feb\/06\/sales-of-brontes-wuthering-heights-skyrocket-ahead-of-film-adaptation\"><span>Penguin<\/span><\/a><span>, UK sales of <\/span><em><span>Wuthering Heights<\/span><\/em><span> have risen by a staggering 469 per cent in the last year alone. <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/life-culture\/article\/69645\/1\/wuthering-heights-novel-difficult-reading-emerald-fennell-tiktok\"><span>While some people have taken to TikTok to complain about how hard Emily Bront\u00eb\u2019s masterpiece is to read,<\/span><\/a><span> others \u2013 those with blessedly unrotted brains \u2013 have discovered a new love for literature which boldly grapples with the taboo.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>If you\u2019ve recently read (or rediscovered) <\/span><em><span>Wuthering Heights <\/span><\/em><span>and are hungry for more fiction which features ill-fated lovers, supernatural goings-on, or bloodthirsty revenge, read on for our top recommendations.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"embed-content\" data-embed-type=\"raw-html\">\n<h2 data-innertext=\"anna karenina, leo tolstoy\"><strong><em>ANNA KARENINA<\/em>, LEO TOLSTOY<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><span>Widely regarded as one of the best novels of all time,<\/span><em><span> Anna Karenina<\/span><\/em><span> is also one of the greatest love stories. As with <\/span><em><span>Wuthering Heights,<\/span><\/em><span> some people <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newyorker.com\/books\/page-turner\/is-anna-karenina-a-love-story\"><span>object<\/span><\/a><span> to it being described in that way, insisting that it is instead a cautionary tale about the dangers of all-consuming passion (true enough). But love in real life isn\u2019t always perfectly boundaried and healthy, and it quite often ends in misery \u2013 most of us won\u2019t throw ourselves in front of a train, or do whatever crazy shit Heathcliff gets up to in the second half of<\/span><em><span> Wuthering Heights<\/span><\/em><span>, but Tolstoy and <\/span><span>Bront\u00eb<\/span><span> both hit upon a profound truth: sometimes it really do be like that.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The story of a respectable married woman who embarks on a scandalous affair, <\/span><em><span>Anna Karenina<\/span><\/em><span> has aged surprisingly well. Tolstoy was a fairly conservative man, even by the standards of 1870s Russia, who believed that a woman\u2019s highest purpose was to be a dutiful wife and mother. But a feminist reading of <\/span><em><span>Anna Karenina<\/span><\/em><span> isn\u2019t a wild reach: while Anna is the architect of much of her own suffering, she is undone in large part by the misogyny of the society around her, which punishes and shuns her while allowing Count Vronsky, her lover, to go about his life like nothing has happened. More than anything, it\u2019s this injustice which sours their relationship, plunges them into a state of mutual resentment and makes her situation unendurable. While the sections about agricultural reform are sometimes less than thrilling, <\/span><em><span>Anna Karenina<\/span><\/em><span> is a deeply engrossing, transportive novel, and Anna\u2019s final descent into despair is one of the most upsetting passages of fiction I\u2019ve ever read. Don\u2019t do it, diva!\u00a0 <\/span><em><span>(JG)<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"instagram-container embed-content\" data-embed-type=\"media-instagram\" data-script-depends=\"instagram-embeds\">\n<script async src=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"embed-content\" data-embed-type=\"raw-html\">\n<h2 data-innertext=\"the turn of the screw, henry james\"><strong><em>THE TURN OF THE SCREW<\/em>, HENRY JAMES<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><span>If the Gothic elements of <\/span><em><span>Wuthering Heights<\/span><\/em><span> \u2013 the spectral apparitions, the unreliable narration, the transgression, the weather-beaten setting \u2013 captivated you the most, then <\/span><em><span>The Turn of the Screw <\/span><\/em><span>should be your next read. Henry James\u2019 1898 gothic horror novella follows an unnamed governess who accepts a job tutoring two young siblings at a remote country manor \u2013 largely because of her attraction to their uncle, her employer. The children seem angelic at first, but the governess soon starts doubting whether they\u2019re as innocent as they seem: Flora, the younger, appears to have an aptitude for deceit and manipulation, while Miles, the elder, refuses to divulge exactly why he has been expelled from his boarding school, beyond admitting to \u201csaying things\u201d to the boys he \u201cliked\u201d. Then the governess begins seeing visions of two ghosts: Miss Jessel, her predecessor, and Peter Quint, the estate\u2019s former valet, who both died in ignominy after their boundary-crossing affair came to light. But are the children <\/span><em><span>really<\/span><\/em><span> possessed by their spirits, as the governess begins to suspect, or is she just losing her grip on reality? (<\/span><em><span>SS<\/span><\/em><span>)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"instagram-container embed-content\" data-embed-type=\"media-instagram\" data-script-depends=\"instagram-embeds\">\n<script async src=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"embed-content\" data-embed-type=\"raw-html\">\n<h2 data-innertext=\"frankenstein, mary shelley\"><strong><em>FRANKENSTEIN<\/em>, MARY SHELLEY<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><span>Chances are, you already know the story of <\/span><em><span>Frankenstein<\/span><\/em><span>. The novel follows the eponymous Victor Frankenstein, a scientist who succeeds in animating a body composed of human remains pilfered from freshly dug graves. Horrified at his creation, Frankenstein abandons the monster, who consequently goes on to seek revenge on his maker. The novel is every bit as gothic as <\/span><em><span>Wuthering Heights<\/span><\/em><span>: there\u2019s a \u2018Chinese box\u2019 narrative structure, madness, vengeance, death\u2026. definitely a book to read if you\u2019re after something which delivers darkness in spades. (<\/span><em><span>SS<\/span><\/em><span>)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"instagram-container embed-content\" data-embed-type=\"media-instagram\" data-script-depends=\"instagram-embeds\">\n<script async src=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"embed-content\" data-embed-type=\"raw-html\">\n<h2 data-innertext=\"the heat of the day, elizabeth bowen\"><strong><em>THE HEAT OF THE DAY<\/em>, ELIZABETH BOWEN<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><span>Elizabeth Bowen\u2019s <\/span><em><span>The Heat of the Day<\/span><\/em><span> takes place during the Blitz \u2013\u00a0a perfect setting for febrile love affairs carried out in tense interludes against the dangerous backdrop of blackouts, fires and blanket bombing. Like <\/span><em><span>Wuthering Heights<\/span><\/em><span>, the central story in <\/span><em><span>The Heat of the Day<\/span><\/em><span> is a poisonous and impossible love triangle. Here, it revolves around our heroine, Stella Rodney, a glamorous divorc\u00e9e working in government intelligence, and her lover, Robert Kelway, who remains in London after being injured during the Dunkirk evacuation. The third figure \u2013 the agitator \u2013 is Harrison, a shadowy interloper and counterspy. During an unsolicited late-night visit to Stella\u2019s Regent\u2019s Park flat, he claims to have evidence that Robert is passing information to the Nazis. Harrison offers not to have Robert arrested and to destroy the evidence of his treason if Stella will be his mistress. What follows is a fraught, noir-esque romance where our trust and mistrust fluctuate, and the stakes \u2013 moral and otherwise \u2013 are amplified by the perils of wartime.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Tennessee Williams wrote that \u201cdeath is the opposite of desire\u201d. This is true enough in <em>The Heat of the Day,<\/em> where, faced with extinction at any moment, Bowen\u2019s Londoners can but choose desire as the only force powerful enough to defy the inexorable inevitability of death. For me, Bowen is the greatest of the Modernist writers, and <\/span><em><span>The Heat of the Day<\/span><\/em><span> is a darkly glamorous thriller \u2013 she\u2019s one of the few novelists I read and underline.<\/span>\u00a0(<em>ED<\/em>)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"instagram-container embed-content\" data-embed-type=\"media-instagram\" data-script-depends=\"instagram-embeds\">\n<script async src=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"embed-content\" data-embed-type=\"raw-html\">\n<h2 data-innertext=\"rebecca, daphne du maurier\"><strong><em>REBECCA,<\/em> DAPHNE DU MAURIER<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><span>Daphne Du Maurier\u2019s 1938 novel <\/span><em><span>Rebecca <\/span><\/em><span>follows an unnamed protagonist who marries the wealthy widower Maxim de Winter after a mere two weeks of courtship. Upon arriving at Mr de Winter\u2019s stately home, Manderley, the new Mrs de Winter begins to doubt her husband\u2019s affections for her \u2013 an anxiety fuelled by Manderley\u2019s cantankerous housekeeper, Mrs Danvers, who makes no secret of her unfailing admiration for Mr de Winter\u2019s late first wife, Rebecca. Rebecca, the narrator learns, was a beautiful and charismatic social butterfly, beloved by everyone in her orbit, which only continues to stoke her fear that Mr de Winter regrets their hasty marriage. It soon comes to light that Mr de Winter <\/span><em><span>is<\/span><\/em><span> keeping secrets from our protagonist \u2013 and the truth is far darker than she imagined. (<\/span><em><span>SS<\/span><\/em><span>)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"instagram-container embed-content\" data-embed-type=\"media-instagram\" data-script-depends=\"instagram-embeds\">\n<script async src=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"embed-content\" data-embed-type=\"raw-html\">\n<h2 data-innertext=\"if only, vigdis hjorth\"><strong><em>IF ONLY<\/em>, VIGDIS HJORTH<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><span>When I was younger, I used to find novels about obsessive, self-destructive love affairs kind of romantic; reading<\/span><em><span> If Only,<\/span><\/em><span> I kept thinking, \u201cgirl\u2026if you don\u2019t get yourself to a SLAA meeting!\u201d Sharing little in common with <\/span><em><span>Wuthering Heights <\/span><\/em><span>beyond the intensity of its central relationship, <\/span><em><span>If Only<\/span><\/em><span> is a semi-autobiographical account of an affair between Ida, a Norwegian playwright, and Arnold, a middle-aged Brecht scholar (who, balding, pasty and with a terrible taste in clothes, isn\u2019t exactly Jacob Elordi.)\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Neither of them covers themselves in glory \u2013 Ida is basically a stalker for the novel\u2019s first quarter \u2013 but Arnold is one of the most loathsome characters I\u2019ve ever encountered: a pompous, self-pitying, drunken bore who is abusive, like many abusers, in the most pathetic ways possible. Vigdis Hjorth is an electrifying writer when it comes to interpersonal conflict (see also:<em> Will and Testament<\/em>) and I was at times so embarrassed and appalled by Arnold\u2019s antics that it made me gasp. And yet, as with <\/span><em><span>Anna Karenina<\/span><\/em><span>, I\u2019d still classify it as a love story \u2013 sometimes love is bad!\u00a0 <\/span><em><span>(JG)<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"instagram-container embed-content\" data-embed-type=\"media-instagram\" data-script-depends=\"instagram-embeds\">\n<script async src=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"embed-content\" data-embed-type=\"raw-html\">\n<h2 data-innertext=\"simple passion and getting lost, annie ernaux\"><span><strong><em>SIMPLE PASSION <\/em>AND <em>GETTING LOST<\/em>, ANNIE ERNAUX<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><em><span>Simple Passion<\/span><\/em><span> is one of Annie Ernaux\u2019s most famous books. It\u2019s a slight, starkly written memoir \u2013 just shy of around 60 pages \u2013 recounting the author\u2019s secret love affair with a younger Russian man. It\u2019s beautiful, like any Ernaux, and satisfying in its sparsity. But true passion \u2013 with all its mess, abjections, and spiralling, obsessive thinking \u2013 can never really be confined to that kind of template. For that, you have to go to <\/span><em><span>Getting Lost,<\/span><\/em><span>\u00a0Ernaux\u2019s longer, uncensored diaries, written in 1988 as the affair was unfolding. <\/span><span>There is no stylish restraint here. Instead, Ernaux documents her slow descent into lust-driven lunacy; an all-consuming passion that she desperately hopes might \u201cfill that empty space above death\u201d. She is unable to write or focus, lethargic from her own desires; she walks through her own life like a zombie, waiting for his call. She writes in detail about their sexual encounters, laying herself bare, and deteriorates as his calls become more infrequent. It is \u201ca lovely hell, but hell nonetheless.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><em><span>Getting Lost<\/span><\/em><span> can be a tough read: the entries are sinuous, often circling back on themselves \u2013 the same repeated fears, insecurities, and cries of \u201cit\u2019s over!\u201d \u2013 but it\u2019s also comforting, whether you\u2018ve been in that kind of situation or not. As in so much of her work, Ernaux\u2019s raw vulnerability \u2013 and total lack of shame \u2013 help you realise that you\u2019ve never been alone, and you\u2019ll always be able to find yourself again. <\/span>(<em>DS<\/em>)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"instagram-container embed-content\" data-embed-type=\"media-instagram\" data-script-depends=\"instagram-embeds\">\n<script async src=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"embed-content\" data-embed-type=\"raw-html\">\n<h2 data-innertext=\"the end of the affair, graham greene\u00a0\"><strong><em>THE END OF THE AFFAIR<\/em>, GRAHAM GREENE\u00a0<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><span>Trading the rain-lashed moors of Yorkshire for the rain-lashed streets of post-war London, <\/span><em><span>The End of the Affair<\/span><\/em><span> is another classic of British misery. Loosely inspired by Graham Greene\u2019s own life, it\u2019s about a man, Maurice, who hires a private detective to investigate a married woman he had an affair with, which ended abruptly two years before. It\u2019s a bitter and despairing novel, and I\u2019d hesitate to call it \u201cromantic\u201d, but there\u2019s something kind of delicious about how miserable it is; it captures how dark, gloomy and solemn London can be &#8211; especially when the weather is bad &#8211; and finds something beautiful in that. 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Get The Drop<\/h1>\n<div class=\"meta-row\">\n<p class=\"meta\">Get must-see stories direct to your inbox every weekday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/privacy-policy\" class=\"meta-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><br \/>\nPrivacy policy<br \/>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"confirmation\" aria-live=\"polite\">\n<p class=\"confirmation-title\">Thank you. You have been subscribed<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/privacy-policy\" class=\"meta-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><br \/>\nPrivacy policy<br \/>\n<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<div class=\"article-body wrapper\">\n<div class=\"embed-content\" data-embed-type=\"raw-html\">\n<p><em><span>\u201cWuthering Heights\u201d<\/span><\/em><span> is finally out in the world, and while I believe Emerald Fennell deserves to be tried for crimes against cinema for this festering turd of a film, there is thankfully one silver lining to its release: it\u2019s apparently got more people reading again. According to <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/books\/2026\/feb\/06\/sales-of-brontes-wuthering-heights-skyrocket-ahead-of-film-adaptation\"><span>Penguin<\/span><\/a><span>, UK sales of <\/span><em><span>Wuthering Heights<\/span><\/em><span> have risen by a staggering 469 per cent in the last year alone. <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/life-culture\/article\/69645\/1\/wuthering-heights-novel-difficult-reading-emerald-fennell-tiktok\"><span>While some people have taken to TikTok to complain about how hard Emily Bront\u00eb\u2019s masterpiece is to read,<\/span><\/a><span> others \u2013 those with blessedly unrotted brains \u2013 have discovered a new love for literature which boldly grapples with the taboo.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>If you\u2019ve recently read (or rediscovered) <\/span><em><span>Wuthering Heights <\/span><\/em><span>and are hungry for more fiction which features ill-fated lovers, supernatural goings-on, or bloodthirsty revenge, read on for our top recommendations.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"embed-content\" data-embed-type=\"raw-html\">\n<h2 data-innertext=\"anna karenina, leo tolstoy\"><strong><em>ANNA KARENINA<\/em>, LEO TOLSTOY<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><span>Widely regarded as one of the best novels of all time,<\/span><em><span> Anna Karenina<\/span><\/em><span> is also one of the greatest love stories. As with <\/span><em><span>Wuthering Heights,<\/span><\/em><span> some people <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newyorker.com\/books\/page-turner\/is-anna-karenina-a-love-story\"><span>object<\/span><\/a><span> to it being described in that way, insisting that it is instead a cautionary tale about the dangers of all-consuming passion (true enough). But love in real life isn\u2019t always perfectly boundaried and healthy, and it quite often ends in misery \u2013 most of us won\u2019t throw ourselves in front of a train, or do whatever crazy shit Heathcliff gets up to in the second half of<\/span><em><span> Wuthering Heights<\/span><\/em><span>, but Tolstoy and <\/span><span>Bront\u00eb<\/span><span> both hit upon a profound truth: sometimes it really do be like that.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The story of a respectable married woman who embarks on a scandalous affair, <\/span><em><span>Anna Karenina<\/span><\/em><span> has aged surprisingly well. Tolstoy was a fairly conservative man, even by the standards of 1870s Russia, who believed that a woman\u2019s highest purpose was to be a dutiful wife and mother. But a feminist reading of <\/span><em><span>Anna Karenina<\/span><\/em><span> isn\u2019t a wild reach: while Anna is the architect of much of her own suffering, she is undone in large part by the misogyny of the society around her, which punishes and shuns her while allowing Count Vronsky, her lover, to go about his life like nothing has happened. More than anything, it\u2019s this injustice which sours their relationship, plunges them into a state of mutual resentment and makes her situation unendurable. While the sections about agricultural reform are sometimes less than thrilling, <\/span><em><span>Anna Karenina<\/span><\/em><span> is a deeply engrossing, transportive novel, and Anna\u2019s final descent into despair is one of the most upsetting passages of fiction I\u2019ve ever read. Don\u2019t do it, diva!\u00a0 <\/span><em><span>(JG)<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"instagram-container embed-content\" data-embed-type=\"media-instagram\" data-script-depends=\"instagram-embeds\">\n<script async src=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"embed-content\" data-embed-type=\"raw-html\">\n<h2 data-innertext=\"the turn of the screw, henry james\"><strong><em>THE TURN OF THE SCREW<\/em>, HENRY JAMES<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><span>If the Gothic elements of <\/span><em><span>Wuthering Heights<\/span><\/em><span> \u2013 the spectral apparitions, the unreliable narration, the transgression, the weather-beaten setting \u2013 captivated you the most, then <\/span><em><span>The Turn of the Screw <\/span><\/em><span>should be your next read. Henry James\u2019 1898 gothic horror novella follows an unnamed governess who accepts a job tutoring two young siblings at a remote country manor \u2013 largely because of her attraction to their uncle, her employer. The children seem angelic at first, but the governess soon starts doubting whether they\u2019re as innocent as they seem: Flora, the younger, appears to have an aptitude for deceit and manipulation, while Miles, the elder, refuses to divulge exactly why he has been expelled from his boarding school, beyond admitting to \u201csaying things\u201d to the boys he \u201cliked\u201d. Then the governess begins seeing visions of two ghosts: Miss Jessel, her predecessor, and Peter Quint, the estate\u2019s former valet, who both died in ignominy after their boundary-crossing affair came to light. But are the children <\/span><em><span>really<\/span><\/em><span> possessed by their spirits, as the governess begins to suspect, or is she just losing her grip on reality? (<\/span><em><span>SS<\/span><\/em><span>)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"instagram-container embed-content\" data-embed-type=\"media-instagram\" data-script-depends=\"instagram-embeds\">\n<script async src=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"embed-content\" data-embed-type=\"raw-html\">\n<h2 data-innertext=\"frankenstein, mary shelley\"><strong><em>FRANKENSTEIN<\/em>, MARY SHELLEY<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><span>Chances are, you already know the story of <\/span><em><span>Frankenstein<\/span><\/em><span>. The novel follows the eponymous Victor Frankenstein, a scientist who succeeds in animating a body composed of human remains pilfered from freshly dug graves. Horrified at his creation, Frankenstein abandons the monster, who consequently goes on to seek revenge on his maker. The novel is every bit as gothic as <\/span><em><span>Wuthering Heights<\/span><\/em><span>: there\u2019s a \u2018Chinese box\u2019 narrative structure, madness, vengeance, death\u2026. definitely a book to read if you\u2019re after something which delivers darkness in spades. (<\/span><em><span>SS<\/span><\/em><span>)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"instagram-container embed-content\" data-embed-type=\"media-instagram\" data-script-depends=\"instagram-embeds\">\n<script async src=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"embed-content\" data-embed-type=\"raw-html\">\n<h2 data-innertext=\"the heat of the day, elizabeth bowen\"><strong><em>THE HEAT OF THE DAY<\/em>, ELIZABETH BOWEN<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><span>Elizabeth Bowen\u2019s <\/span><em><span>The Heat of the Day<\/span><\/em><span> takes place during the Blitz \u2013\u00a0a perfect setting for febrile love affairs carried out in tense interludes against the dangerous backdrop of blackouts, fires and blanket bombing. Like <\/span><em><span>Wuthering Heights<\/span><\/em><span>, the central story in <\/span><em><span>The Heat of the Day<\/span><\/em><span> is a poisonous and impossible love triangle. Here, it revolves around our heroine, Stella Rodney, a glamorous divorc\u00e9e working in government intelligence, and her lover, Robert Kelway, who remains in London after being injured during the Dunkirk evacuation. The third figure \u2013 the agitator \u2013 is Harrison, a shadowy interloper and counterspy. During an unsolicited late-night visit to Stella\u2019s Regent\u2019s Park flat, he claims to have evidence that Robert is passing information to the Nazis. Harrison offers not to have Robert arrested and to destroy the evidence of his treason if Stella will be his mistress. What follows is a fraught, noir-esque romance where our trust and mistrust fluctuate, and the stakes \u2013 moral and otherwise \u2013 are amplified by the perils of wartime.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Tennessee Williams wrote that \u201cdeath is the opposite of desire\u201d. This is true enough in <em>The Heat of the Day,<\/em> where, faced with extinction at any moment, Bowen\u2019s Londoners can but choose desire as the only force powerful enough to defy the inexorable inevitability of death. For me, Bowen is the greatest of the Modernist writers, and <\/span><em><span>The Heat of the Day<\/span><\/em><span> is a darkly glamorous thriller \u2013 she\u2019s one of the few novelists I read and underline.<\/span>\u00a0(<em>ED<\/em>)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"instagram-container embed-content\" data-embed-type=\"media-instagram\" data-script-depends=\"instagram-embeds\">\n<script async src=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"embed-content\" data-embed-type=\"raw-html\">\n<h2 data-innertext=\"rebecca, daphne du maurier\"><strong><em>REBECCA,<\/em> DAPHNE DU MAURIER<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><span>Daphne Du Maurier\u2019s 1938 novel <\/span><em><span>Rebecca <\/span><\/em><span>follows an unnamed protagonist who marries the wealthy widower Maxim de Winter after a mere two weeks of courtship. Upon arriving at Mr de Winter\u2019s stately home, Manderley, the new Mrs de Winter begins to doubt her husband\u2019s affections for her \u2013 an anxiety fuelled by Manderley\u2019s cantankerous housekeeper, Mrs Danvers, who makes no secret of her unfailing admiration for Mr de Winter\u2019s late first wife, Rebecca. Rebecca, the narrator learns, was a beautiful and charismatic social butterfly, beloved by everyone in her orbit, which only continues to stoke her fear that Mr de Winter regrets their hasty marriage. It soon comes to light that Mr de Winter <\/span><em><span>is<\/span><\/em><span> keeping secrets from our protagonist \u2013 and the truth is far darker than she imagined. (<\/span><em><span>SS<\/span><\/em><span>)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"instagram-container embed-content\" data-embed-type=\"media-instagram\" data-script-depends=\"instagram-embeds\">\n<script async src=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"embed-content\" data-embed-type=\"raw-html\">\n<h2 data-innertext=\"if only, vigdis hjorth\"><strong><em>IF ONLY<\/em>, VIGDIS HJORTH<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><span>When I was younger, I used to find novels about obsessive, self-destructive love affairs kind of romantic; reading<\/span><em><span> If Only,<\/span><\/em><span> I kept thinking, \u201cgirl\u2026if you don\u2019t get yourself to a SLAA meeting!\u201d Sharing little in common with <\/span><em><span>Wuthering Heights <\/span><\/em><span>beyond the intensity of its central relationship, <\/span><em><span>If Only<\/span><\/em><span> is a semi-autobiographical account of an affair between Ida, a Norwegian playwright, and Arnold, a middle-aged Brecht scholar (who, balding, pasty and with a terrible taste in clothes, isn\u2019t exactly Jacob Elordi.)\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Neither of them covers themselves in glory \u2013 Ida is basically a stalker for the novel\u2019s first quarter \u2013 but Arnold is one of the most loathsome characters I\u2019ve ever encountered: a pompous, self-pitying, drunken bore who is abusive, like many abusers, in the most pathetic ways possible. Vigdis Hjorth is an electrifying writer when it comes to interpersonal conflict (see also:<em> Will and Testament<\/em>) and I was at times so embarrassed and appalled by Arnold\u2019s antics that it made me gasp. And yet, as with <\/span><em><span>Anna Karenina<\/span><\/em><span>, I\u2019d still classify it as a love story \u2013 sometimes love is bad!\u00a0 <\/span><em><span>(JG)<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"instagram-container embed-content\" data-embed-type=\"media-instagram\" data-script-depends=\"instagram-embeds\">\n<script async src=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"embed-content\" data-embed-type=\"raw-html\">\n<h2 data-innertext=\"simple passion and getting lost, annie ernaux\"><span><strong><em>SIMPLE PASSION <\/em>AND <em>GETTING LOST<\/em>, ANNIE ERNAUX<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><em><span>Simple Passion<\/span><\/em><span> is one of Annie Ernaux\u2019s most famous books. It\u2019s a slight, starkly written memoir \u2013 just shy of around 60 pages \u2013 recounting the author\u2019s secret love affair with a younger Russian man. It\u2019s beautiful, like any Ernaux, and satisfying in its sparsity. But true passion \u2013 with all its mess, abjections, and spiralling, obsessive thinking \u2013 can never really be confined to that kind of template. For that, you have to go to <\/span><em><span>Getting Lost,<\/span><\/em><span>\u00a0Ernaux\u2019s longer, uncensored diaries, written in 1988 as the affair was unfolding. <\/span><span>There is no stylish restraint here. Instead, Ernaux documents her slow descent into lust-driven lunacy; an all-consuming passion that she desperately hopes might \u201cfill that empty space above death\u201d. She is unable to write or focus, lethargic from her own desires; she walks through her own life like a zombie, waiting for his call. She writes in detail about their sexual encounters, laying herself bare, and deteriorates as his calls become more infrequent. It is \u201ca lovely hell, but hell nonetheless.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><em><span>Getting Lost<\/span><\/em><span> can be a tough read: the entries are sinuous, often circling back on themselves \u2013 the same repeated fears, insecurities, and cries of \u201cit\u2019s over!\u201d \u2013 but it\u2019s also comforting, whether you\u2018ve been in that kind of situation or not. As in so much of her work, Ernaux\u2019s raw vulnerability \u2013 and total lack of shame \u2013 help you realise that you\u2019ve never been alone, and you\u2019ll always be able to find yourself again. <\/span>(<em>DS<\/em>)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"instagram-container embed-content\" data-embed-type=\"media-instagram\" data-script-depends=\"instagram-embeds\">\n<script async src=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"embed-content\" data-embed-type=\"raw-html\">\n<h2 data-innertext=\"the end of the affair, graham greene\u00a0\"><strong><em>THE END OF THE AFFAIR<\/em>, GRAHAM GREENE\u00a0<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><span>Trading the rain-lashed moors of Yorkshire for the rain-lashed streets of post-war London, <\/span><em><span>The End of the Affair<\/span><\/em><span> is another classic of British misery. Loosely inspired by Graham Greene\u2019s own life, it\u2019s about a man, Maurice, who hires a private detective to investigate a married woman he had an affair with, which ended abruptly two years before. It\u2019s a bitter and despairing novel, and I\u2019d hesitate to call it \u201cromantic\u201d, but there\u2019s something kind of delicious about how miserable it is; it captures how dark, gloomy and solemn London can be &#8211; especially when the weather is bad &#8211; and finds something beautiful in that. 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