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Catherine: A Retelling of Wuthering Heights

By: Essie Fox
Narrated by: Isabel Caswell
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The greatest tragic love story ever told – but this time, Catherine tells it herself. In Catherine, Essie Fox breathes new life into Wuthering Heights, transforming a gothic masterpiece into a haunting confession of obsession, madness and love that even death cannot end.

With a nature as wild as the moors she loves to roam, Catherine Earnshaw grows up alongside Heathcliff, a foundling her father rescued from the streets of Liverpool. Their fierce, untamed bond deepens as they grow – until Mr Earnshaw's death leaves Hindley, Catherine's brutal brother, in control and Heathcliff reduced to servitude.

Desperate to protect him, Catherine turns to Edgar Linton, the handsome heir to Thrushcross Grange. She believes his wealth might free Heathcliff from cruelty – but her choice is fatally misunderstood, and their lives spiral into a storm of passion, jealousy and revenge.

Now, eighteen years later, Catherine rises from her grave to tell her story – and seek redemption.

Essie Fox's Catherine reimagines Wuthering Heights with beauty and intensity – a haunting, atmospheric retelling that brings new life to a timeless classic and lays bare the dark heart of an immortal love.

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The narration is excellent and the book is compelling. I lost sleep not being able to stop listening to

So gripping

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Thoroughly enjoyed listening to the story of Catherine Earnshaw from Wuthering Heights. Captured the feeling of the original story . Very well told.

The viewpoint of Catherine

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Beautiful! Thoroughly enjoyed this retelling of one of my favourite books of all time! Lovely narration too!

Beautiful retelling from Catherine’s point of view!

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Having listened to Essie talk about her book on a podcast I was inspired by her life long passion for Wuthering Heights. Listening to this book was a wonderful experience. So much thought and care that has gone into creating this retelling. And to me it was perfect.

I was swept away...

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Wuthering Heights is one of my all time favourite reads and I was keen to listen to this reimagined version.

Firstly, the narrator for me didn’t capture the essence of either a young or older Catherine Earnshaw and grated. I could imagine the person sat in a studio reading their lines.

In addition, as someone who knows the story I was a little bored going back to childhood days and having the young Cathy character say parts from the original book. It wasn’t very inventive.

I confess I didn’t get past the first couple of chapters.

I had imagined the book would kind of address the period where Cathy is deceased and Heathcliff is still alive and her perspective of the haunting of Heathcliff - instead we got the original story but spoken with Catherine as the narrator instead of Nellie Dean.

Disappointing.

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